From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yinghai Lu Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] sparc64: use early_res and nobootmem Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:07 -0800 Message-ID: <4B9832FF.9010004@kernel.org> References: <4B9818CE.7090809@kernel.org> <20100310.141757.95833226.davem@davemloft.net> <4B981DBD.2060303@kernel.org> <20100310.143602.266086944.davem@davemloft.net> <1268264837.22204.688.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:59372 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932905Ab0CKADw (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:03:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1268264837.22204.688.camel@pasglop> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: David Miller , mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org On 03/10/2010 03:47 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 14:36 -0800, David Miller wrote: >> LMB could do this too with minor modifications. >> >> Simply make the lmb.memory and lmb.reserved be pointers, and initially >> they point into the static array(s). >> >> Later the pointers can be repositioned to point to dynamically >> allocated memory. >> >> So please, for the third time, please show me how LMB with some minor >> modifications is not able to satisfy your needs. > > So I was about to say the exact same stuff here... > let see: 1. if early_res + fw_memmap could be simplified... 2. or let x86 to use lmb instead of early_res,then add more to lmb. YH