linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: update node demotion order during on hotplug events

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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:19:15 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shy828301@...il.com,
        weixugc@...gle.com, rientjes@...gle.com, ying.huang@...el.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: update node demotion order during on
 hotplug events

On 12.04.21 09:19, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:59:21PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>   
>> The only way to add more System RAM is via add_memory() and friends like
>> add_memory_driver_managed(). These all require CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
> 
> Yeah, my point was more towards whether PMEM can come in a way that it does
> not have to be hotplugged, but come functional by default (as RAM).
> But after having read all papers out there, I do not think that it is possible.
> 

You mean e.g., configuring in the BIOS/firmware how an NVDIMM will get 
exposed to the OS (pmem vs. RAM). I once heard something about that, not 
sure if it's real. But from Linux' perspective, it would simply be 
System RAM and it would get treated like that.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb