From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759120AbXKNC2m (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:28:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754412AbXKNC2f (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:28:35 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:41960 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754242AbXKNC2e (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:28:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:28:32 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: David Miller Cc: andi@firstfloor.org, clameter@sgi.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dada1@cosmosbay.com, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Subject: Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator Message-ID: <20071114022832.GC20365@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20071106195157.878563669@sgi.com> <20071113.031510.151440585.davem@davemloft.net> <20071113.175208.168903694.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071113.175208.168903694.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 05:52:08PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > Yes, I've run into similar problems with lockdep as well. > I had to build an ultra minimalized kernel to get it to > boot on my Niagara boxes. > > I think I even looked at the same lockdep code, and I'd > appreciate it if you'd submit your fix for this if you > haven't already. ftp://firstfloor.org/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt/patches/early-reserve ftp://firstfloor.org/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt/patches/early-alloc ftp://firstfloor.org/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt/patches/lockdep-early-alloc I didn't plan to submit it for .24, just .25. Or do you need it urgently? Also it would require you to write a sparc specific arch_early_alloc() of course. I've only done the x86-64 version. -Andi