From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932523AbWGAHVe (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 03:21:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932710AbWGAHVd (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 03:21:33 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:13722 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932523AbWGAHVd (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 03:21:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc:Fix rheap alignment problem From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Linux powerpc Cc: Rune Torgersen , Li Yang-r58472 , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <9FCDBA58F226D911B202000BDBAD467306E04FF6@zch01exm40.ap.freescale.net> <1151709194.27137.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:21:06 +1000 Message-Id: <1151738466.27137.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 14:35 +0800, Linux powerpc wrote: > Yes, it was used for allocating dual port RAM for CPM. And now we are > adding QE support to powerpc arch which need to use rheap(QE is next > generation for CPM). Please see the patches I > just posted for 8360epb support. Moreover, previous CPM support is > adding to powerpc arch too. Ok, well, I don't have anything specifically against that code, I was just wondering if it may not duplicate something we already have (yet another space allocator basically)... Ben.