From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
To: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: add max_addr boot option
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 14:51:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FBBEE49.2020806@landley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FBB3A23.50102@cn.fujitsu.com>
On 05/22/2012 02:02 AM, Wen Congyang wrote:
> If we only want to use node0, we can specify the max_addr. The boot
> option "mem=" can do the same thing now. But the boot option "mem="
> means the total memory used by the system. If we tell the user
> that the boot option "mem=" can do this, it will confuse the user.
> So we need an new boot option "max_addr" on x86 platform.
I didn't follow that reasoning at all. Care to try again?
(mem= can do this, but telling users that would confuse them? What?)
Rob
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Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation. Pick one.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-22 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-22 7:02 [PATCH 1/2] x86: add max_addr boot option Wen Congyang
2012-05-22 7:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: reimplement mem " Wen Congyang
2012-05-22 19:51 ` Rob Landley [this message]
2012-05-23 1:23 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: add max_addr " Wen Congyang
2012-05-23 4:06 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-05-23 14:25 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2012-05-24 5:19 ` Wen Congyang
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