From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751355AbWDKX3r (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:29:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751357AbWDKX3r (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:29:47 -0400 Received: from mailhub.hp.com ([192.151.27.10]:42640 "EHLO mailhub.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751355AbWDKX3q (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:29:46 -0400 From: "Bob Picco" Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:29:44 -0400 To: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Mel Gorman , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner Message-ID: <20060411232944.GE23742@localhost> References: <20060411103946.18153.83059.sendpatchset@skynet> <20060411222029.GA7743@agluck-lia64.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060411222029.GA7743@agluck-lia64.sc.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org luck wrote: [Tue Apr 11 2006, 06:20:29PM EDT] > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:39:46AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > > > The patches have only been *compile tested* for ia64 with a flatmem > > configuration. At attempt was made to boot test on an ancient RS/6000 > > but the vanilla kernel does not boot so I have to investigate there. > > The good news: Compilation is clean on the ia64 config variants that > I usually build (all 10 of them). > > The bad (or at least consistent) news: It doesn't boot on an Intel > Tiger either (oops at kmem_cache_alloc+0x41). > > -Tony I had a reply queued to report the same failure with DISCONTIG+NUMA+VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP. This was 2 CPU HP rx2600. I'll take a closer look at the code tomorrow. bob