Re: [Lhms-devel] [PATCH 4/9] ppc64 - Specify amount of kernel memory at boot time

[Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>]

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Joel Schopp wrote:

> > This patch adds the kernelcore= parameter for ppc64
>
> ...
>
> > diff -rup -X /usr/src/patchset-0.6/bin//dontdiff
> > linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm3-103_x86coremem/mm/page_alloc.c
> > linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm3-104_ppc64coremem/mm/page_alloc.c
> > --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm3-103_x86coremem/mm/page_alloc.c      2006-01-26
> > 18:09:04.000000000 +0000
> > +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm3-104_ppc64coremem/mm/page_alloc.c    2006-01-26
> > 18:10:29.000000000 +0000
>
> Not to nitpick, but this chunk should go in a different patch, it's not ppc64
> specific.
>

You're right. It was put in here because it was testing this patch on
ppc64 that the bug was revealed. It should be moved to the patch that adds
the actual zone.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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