From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>
Cc: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:57:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BC5C17.3070507@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18364.16552.455371.242369@stoffel.org>
> I know this is a pedantic comment, but why the heck is it called such
> a generic term as "Memory Controller" which doesn't give any
> indication of what it does.
I don't think it's pedantic. I would agree with you in fact
that the Kconfig description is not very helpful, even with
my warning added.
-Andi
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>
Cc: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:57:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BC5C17.3070507@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18364.16552.455371.242369@stoffel.org>
> I know this is a pedantic comment, but why the heck is it called such
> a generic term as "Memory Controller" which doesn't give any
> indication of what it does.
I don't think it's pedantic. I would agree with you in fact
that the Kconfig description is not very helpful, even with
my warning added.
-Andi
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-20 12:23 [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 12:23 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 12:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 12:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:00 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 15:00 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 15:20 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:20 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:49 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 15:49 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 16:10 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:10 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:15 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 16:15 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 17:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 17:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 6:49 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-21 6:49 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-21 6:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 6:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 18:19 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:19 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 18:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 18:51 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:51 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-21 14:46 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-21 14:46 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-21 14:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 14:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 23:55 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-21 23:55 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-22 3:09 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-22 3:09 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-20 16:15 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:15 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:54 ` Ray Lee
2008-02-20 16:54 ` Ray Lee
2008-02-20 16:57 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-02-20 16:57 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 4:35 ` Nick Piggin
2008-02-21 4:35 ` Nick Piggin
2008-02-21 5:06 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 5:06 ` Balbir Singh
[not found] ` <200802211622.51751.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
2008-02-21 5:46 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 5:46 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:44 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 10:44 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 4:41 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 4:41 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 9:51 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 9:51 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 12:14 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 12:14 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 13:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 13:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 15:47 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 15:47 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:37 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 10:37 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 11:03 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 11:03 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 6:59 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-22 6:59 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-22 7:06 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 7:06 ` Balbir Singh
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