linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/31] gpu: nova-core: print FB sizes, along with ranges

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Message-ID: <CANiq72njAx78DMdfB-hai73YW6_DTgayyR024rUpPfbDbTbqhA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:42:08 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>, Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/31] gpu: nova-core: print FB sizes, along with ranges

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net> wrote:
>
> How useful do you think this is in general? Would it make sense to have a
> dedicated PhysAddrRange type in kernel crate that provides this feature?

Related / to shine some light into this patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20251122055256.264180-1-binakugent@gmail.com/
and https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1204

> I would either just use IEC prefix "MiB"

It doesn't seem very common yet in the kernel sources, but personally
I would like that.

Cheers,
Miguel