Re: [patch 2/2] enables booting a NUMA system where some nodes have no memory

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Christian Krafft wrote:

> When booting a NUMA system with nodes that have no memory (eg by limiting memory),
> bootmem_alloc_core tried to find pages in an uninitialized bootmem_map.

Why should we support nodes with no memory? If a node has no memory then 
its processors and other resources need to be attached to the nearest node 
with memory.

AFAICT The primary role of a node is to manage memory.
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