From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Nivedita Singhvi <niv@us.ibm.com>,
Michael J Wolf <mjwolf@us.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:13:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FADD6F.3040804@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130801205724.GA13585@kroah.com>
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?
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?
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