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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] ia64 SPARSEMEM
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 20:09:06 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17046.11490.222898.96330@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050523175031.GC2783@localhost.localdomain>

>>>>> On Tue, 24 May 2005 12:27:39 -0400, Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> said:

  >> + * SECTION_SIZE_BITS            2^N: how big each section will be

  Bob> I don't perceive VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP as a nicer solution.  Actually
  Bob> SPARSEMEM is a very elegant solution for memory holes and
  Bob> hotplug memory.

Except that it requires configuration?  What happens if
SECTION_SIZE_BITS is chosen wrong or poorly for a given (perhaps new)
platform?

	--david

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-05-26 20:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-23 17:50 [patch 0/4] ia64 SPARSEMEM Bob Picco
2005-05-24  3:29 ` David Mosberger
2005-05-24 14:33 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-24 16:27 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-26  0:32 ` Luck, Tony
2005-05-26 20:09 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2005-05-26 20:54 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-26 21:02 ` Dave Hansen
2005-05-26 21:34 ` Luck, Tony
2005-05-26 21:44 ` Jack Steiner
2005-05-26 21:51 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-26 22:03 ` Luck, Tony
2005-05-26 22:04 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-27  5:14 ` Yasunori Goto
2005-05-27 10:35 ` Bob Picco
2005-05-27 16:23 ` David Mosberger
2005-05-27 22:04 ` Jack Steiner
2005-05-30  0:18 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2005-05-31 17:55 ` Luck, Tony
2005-05-31 18:14 ` Dave Hansen
2005-05-31 18:15 ` Jack Steiner
2005-05-31 21:41 ` Luck, Tony
2005-05-31 21:58 ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-01  1:37 ` Bob Picco
2005-06-01  9:14 ` Andy Whitcroft
2005-06-01 22:48 ` David Mosberger

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