From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx172.postini.com [74.125.245.172]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 400056B0032 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:50:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from /spool/local by e23smtp01.au.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:40:43 +1000 Received: from d23relay05.au.ibm.com (d23relay05.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.152]) by d23dlp02.au.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 307772BB004F for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:50:34 +1000 (EST) Received: from d23av01.au.ibm.com (d23av01.au.ibm.com [9.190.234.96]) by d23relay05.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r72FYk2e55574724 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:34:50 +1000 Received: from d23av01.au.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d23av01.au.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r72FoTrW014323 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:50:29 +1000 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:50:26 -0500 From: Seth Jennings Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems Message-ID: <20130802155026.GA4550@variantweb.net> References: <1374786680-26197-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130725234007.GB18349@kroah.com> <20130726144251.GB4379@variantweb.net> <20130801205724.GA13585@kroah.com> <51FADD6F.3040804@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51FADD6F.3040804@linux.intel.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Dave Hansen Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Nathan Fontenot , Andrew Morton , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Nivedita Singhvi , Michael J Wolf , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-MM On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 03:13:03PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 08/01/2013 01:57 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >> > "memory" is the name used by the current sysfs memory layout code in > >> > drivers/base/memory.c. So it can't be the same unless we are going to > >> > create a toggle a boot time to select between the models, which is > >> > something I am looking to add if this code/design is acceptable to > >> > people. > > I know it can't be the same, but this is like "memory_v2" or something, > > right? I suggest you make it an either/or option, given that you feel > > the existing layout just will not work properly for you. > > If there are existing tools or applications that look for memory hotplug > events, how does this interact with those? I know you guys have control > over the ppc software that actually performs the probe/online > operations, but what about other apps? After taking a closer look, I've decided to rework this to preserve more of the existing layout. Should be posting it next Monday. > > I also don't seem to see the original post to LKML. Did you send > privately to Greg, then he cc'd LKML on his reply? Yeah :-/ My mail relay settings were messed up and my system tried to deliver the mail directly to recipients; some of which worked and some failed (spam/firewall filters, etc). Sigh... Seth -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org