linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH 0/5] consolidate "System RAM" resources setup

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Date:   Wed, 2 Jun 2021 10:05:51 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH 0/5] consolidate "System RAM" resources setup

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 02:44:29PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 03:29:54PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > * arm has "System RAM (boot alias)" that do not seem useful for any other
> >   architecture
> 
> This is VERY important for kexec and must _not_ be removed, since you
> will be causing a userspace regression by doing so.

I didn't remove these. I'll update the changelog and the cover letter to
make it clear.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.