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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] powerpc/pseries: Implement indexed-count hotplug
 memory add
To: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
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Cc: sahilmehta17@gmail.com
From: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:21:48 -0500
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On 10/18/2016 12:20 PM, Nathan Fontenot wrote:
> From: Sahil Mehta <sahilmehta17@gmail.com>
> 
> Indexed-count add for memory hotplug guarantees that a contiguous block
> of <count> lmbs beginning at a specified <index> will be assigned (NOT
> that <count> lmbs will be added). Because of Qemu's per-DIMM memory
> management, the addition of a contiguous block of memory currently
> requires a series of individual calls. Indexed-count add reduces
> this series into a single call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sahil Mehta <sahilmehta17@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>