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From: catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] arm64: mm: add config options for page table configuration
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 10:00:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161208100014.GE33075@MBP.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1481139600-24455-2-git-send-email-scott.branden@broadcom.com>

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 11:40:00AM -0800, Scott Branden wrote:
> Make MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS and SECTIONS_SIZE_BITS configurable by adding
> config options.
> Default to current settings currently defined in sparesmem.h.
> For systems wishing to save memory the config options can be overridden.
> Example, changing MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS from 48 to 36 at the same time as
> changing SECTION_SIZE_BITS from 30 to 26 frees 13MB of memory.

I'm not keen on such change, it's a big departure from the single Image
aims. I would rather reduce SECTION_SIZE_BITS permanently where
feasible, like in this patch:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465821119-3384-1-git-send-email-jszhang at marvell.com

-- 
Catalin

  reply	other threads:[~2016-12-08 10:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-07 19:39 [PATCH 0/1] arm64: mm: add config options for page table configuration Scott Branden
2016-12-07 19:40 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Scott Branden
2016-12-08 10:00   ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2016-12-08 16:30     ` Scott Branden
2016-12-08 18:57       ` Catalin Marinas
2016-12-08 19:33         ` Scott Branden
2016-12-09 10:57           ` Will Deacon
2016-12-10  5:20             ` Scott Branden

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