From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Sverdlin Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to NO_BOOTMEM Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 15:20:44 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1482113266-13207-1-git-send-email-fancer.lancer@gmail.com> <20170522102643.GA17763@mobilestation> <20170522130348.GA20910@mobilestation> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170522130348.GA20910@mobilestation> Content-Language: en-US Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Serge Semin , Joshua Kinard Cc: Marcin Nowakowski , ralf-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org, paul.burton-1AXoQHu6uovQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, rabinv-VrBV9hrLPhE@public.gmane.org, matt.redfearn-1AXoQHu6uovQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, james.hogan-1AXoQHu6uovQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, frowand.list-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Sergey.Semin-vHJ8rsvMqnUPfZBKTuL5GA@public.gmane.org, linux-mips-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hello Serge, On 22/05/17 15:03, Serge Semin wrote: >> I have an SGI Onyx2 and just recently acquired a working SGI Origin 200. The >> Onyx2 has NUMA issues yet to be hunted down, but I got ~3 days uptime out of >> the Origin 200 running compiles before powering it down. Mainline needs 2-3 >> small patches to make IP27 workable, last I tested. >> >> I'd have to look at the IP27 code again and see if I can make sense of what >> it's doing. I think it dealt with either setting up memory for an initrd >> (which I haven't used in over a decade), or it's for the NUMA stuff to discover >> all memory on each node. >> >> -- >> Joshua Kinard >> Gentoo/MIPS >> kumba-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org >> 6144R/F5C6C943 2015-04-27 >> 177C 1972 1FB8 F254 BAD0 3E72 5C63 F4E3 F5C6 C943 >> >> "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our >> lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." >> >> --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic > It's great to hear of your willingness to help. Since both Loonson64 and SGI IP27 > problematic architecture-specific code will be appropriately altered, I'll publish > the fixed general MIPS-memblock patchset within two months. I'll also try to > involve Ralf in it when I'm ready, so to make sure all my alterations are made > within kernel arch-code coding style. While I'm working on it, you can still use > the current patchset for some limited tests. Please Cc me in this case, I should be able to test on Octeon MIPS64 platform. -- Best regards, Alexander Sverdlin. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html