Re: [PATCH 2/4] SGI Altix cross partition functionality (1st revision)

Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-05T11:35:18Z

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 12:45:48PM -0600, Dean Nelson wrote:
> Having the XP module separate from XPC allows for XPC to come and go
> as needed without disturbing XPMEM and its users. This allows a site to
> run a particular partition in isolation for a time (XPC not loaded) and
> then open it up to the other partitions (XPC loaded).
>
> In light of the above I would like to keep XP and XPC as separate modules.

I still think it's a bad idea, but I'm fed up with this discussion so go
ahead.