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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] Heterogeneous Memory System (HMS) and hbind()
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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
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On 12/5/18 9:53 AM, Jerome Glisse wrote:
> No so there is 2 kinds of applications:
>     1) average one: i am using device {1, 3, 9} give me best memory for
>        those devices
...
> 
> For case 1 you can pre-parse stuff but this can be done by helper library

How would that work?  Would each user/container/whatever do this once?
Where would they keep the pre-parsed stuff?  How do they manage their
cache if the topology changes?