From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:06:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-lf0-x22f.google.com ([IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f]:46993 "EHLO mail-lf0-x22f.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S23990427AbdLZSGSVJNP0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:06:18 +0100 Received: by mail-lf0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id a12so3964243lfe.13; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:06:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=bOeXcUFSPcYL/INDY8K0u6Y3QzO9btbGMfXeg29IN0s=; b=QXIxDqlh+5zG4F4V+BwVjyDbzSFiB1NGQmASbxPWdlD6eQas2bF/kPWLwRZcwT+DHZ o8do21arxgk51sSknd0RscgDuHlGpjK1bjf1lZv/nvfoZZphtq3FGxaD370LONvSVuku jixsIZvojHocjTnpOSGrZtM5ZlBe3o7UfN+VzaVwn0s5OMu8n+ZKaDPweqJBn0q3lvQY v3Yu41ZruCbLMak1ATOwWcwQSn4llzAj1SEJPV94LVycZGe6yLTgup8vedyjdRLGc00e sCyCn7vhj0xUuTVrAP5A/RCk94FsmCMkWVxo4vW8u/x4Sby+DgM56HCXC/PoQkCieWqV UepA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=bOeXcUFSPcYL/INDY8K0u6Y3QzO9btbGMfXeg29IN0s=; b=eLn7t3zFabOE2v2hu6G261Wvw3+C2OqMI4zXoNl/KlVcMvY6s5CnKypyH01o4UGMXe 9MOD3ZUMdy2N7na3lOG+qaDQmMD3L9XwnLO2KG2gS0rNdUuAlXkquhHUuGDJ01i7EaMI C8gBOPt8hEwxUCpr1dh4i38pNF21GGv72jKXjpXcI3i+CfRvSikzdyEUFNBgH+vGiKSQ EsQ9oGOMkkYkJlEp+nb6dxzUXxrc4t+mKyp58gXBGFFDd4gX4u2+PVT+orKw0Hn/TM2X svu/bRY/JI7jdQPhYd2SUy61hR9DEqzdAx6/LZPV0oWkNd80hNvQhHo+47ouom3TyHww e8fg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mK4Sx6EEsVD12LVtwm13jyE+qDZkLsxIOgxcpn8fC8o1AwhFNzH RW60AncSVEfyqmKD9u+gaOc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouVwaogTfBbqeroEEXq7WbGFslJfp5hE2biMCjaRcfYz32q5tw1e4mhOKnRal1/MfQHPhYniA== X-Received: by 10.25.217.129 with SMTP id s1mr9885060lfi.83.1514311572412; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:06:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mobilestation ([95.79.164.146]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o188sm1160789lff.61.2017.12.26.10.06.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:06:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:06:22 +0300 From: Serge Semin To: Marcin Nowakowski Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org, paul.burton@imgtec.com, rabinv@axis.com, matt.redfearn@imgtec.com, james.hogan@imgtec.com, alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com, marcin.nowakowski@imgtec.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, kumba@gentoo.org, Sergey.Semin@t-platforms.ru, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to NO_BOOTMEM Message-ID: <20171226180622.GA31719@mobilestation> References: <20171219201400.GA10185@mobilestation> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 61609 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: fancer.lancer@gmail.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 08:18:09AM +0100, Marcin Nowakowski wrote: > Hi Serge, > > On 19.12.2017 21:14, Serge Semin wrote: > >Hello folks, > > > >Almost a year ago I sent a patchset to the Linux MIPS community. The main target of the patchset > >was to get rid from the old bootmem allocator usage at the MIPS architecture. Additionally I had > >a problem with CMA usage on my MIPS machine due to some struct page-related issue. Moving to the > >memblock allocator fixed the problem and gave us benefits like smaller memory consumption, > >powerful memblock API to be used within the arch code. > > > >@marcin.nowakowski@imgtec.com. Could you confirm if you are still interested in the patchset and > >ready to update the Loongson64 platform code so one would be compatible with it? > > I am currently working on different projects, but I will try to do my best > to help with this (but just might require more time than I would otherwise > need). > Given the scale of the task and the amount of testing required, I expect > that it will take a while to get a complete set of patches reviewed and > tested which should hopefully be enough to fix support for all platforms > affected. > Hello Marcin, Thanks for the willing to help. I'll CC the patchset to you when it's ready. -Sergey > Marcin