From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx111.postini.com [74.125.245.111]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B14BF6B0031 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:13:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <51FADD6F.3040804@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:13:03 -0700 From: Dave Hansen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems References: <1374786680-26197-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130725234007.GB18349@kroah.com> <20130726144251.GB4379@variantweb.net> <20130801205724.GA13585@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20130801205724.GA13585@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Seth Jennings , Nathan Fontenot , Andrew Morton , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Nivedita Singhvi , Michael J Wolf , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-MM 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? -- 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