From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] early_res: seperate common memmap func from e820.c to fw_memmap.c Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100321.213350.176660494.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4BA6EA62.1030603@kernel.org> <20100321.210023.209981130.davem@davemloft.net> <4BA6F1F6.3070102@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:44387 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751842Ab0CVEd2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:33:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4BA6F1F6.3070102@kernel.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: yinghai@kernel.org Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org From: Yinghai Lu Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:28:38 -0700 >> >> That action means you absolutely don't value our feedback at all. > > [PATCH 01/20] x86: add find_e820_area_node > is addressing your concern that early_res didn't handle memory cross the nodes problem. Now I know that you _REALLY_ aren't listening to us. We said to use LMB because 1) it already exists 2) many platforms have been using it for years and 3) it doesn't lack the features you're now having to add to e820. Instead of trying to use LMB, you're just addding feature after feature to e820 in order to bring it up to having parity with LMB. You're wasting a lot of time, and you're completely ignoring an existing facility that has been working on and used for many years. And you've never ever convinced any of us familiar with LMB why you keep doing this, and why LMB can't be used for what you need this generic e820 crap for. I'm absolutely flabbergasted at this point, you really have no value for the feedback you've been given. None at all.