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Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:05:16 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/15] [PS3] Add region 1 memory early
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 02:08, Hector Martin <hector@marcansoft.com> wrote:
> tight. Can we get rid of the ps3flash and ps3fb preallocations to save
> bootmem and just allocate them during device init like the other drivers
> do? What is the reason for preallocating these?

The reason for that is to make sure the allocations will succeed.
Chances are very
slim you can allocate a contiguous 9 MiB buffer at any arbitrary time.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

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