Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:15:20 +0900 | From | KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/7] ppc64 - Specify amount of kernel memory at boot time |
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Dave Hansen wrote: >> That sort of surprise is totally unacceptable but the behaviour of >> kernelcore needs to be consistent on both the x86 and the ppc (any any >> other ar. How about; >> >> 1. kernelcore=X determines the total amount of memory for !ZONE_EASYRCLM >> (be it ZONE_DMA, ZONE_NORMAL or ZONE_HIGHMEM) > > Sounds reasonable. But, if you're going to do that, should we just make > it the opposite and explicitly be easy_reclaim_mem=? Do we want the > limit to be set as "I need this much kernel memory", or "I want this > much removable memory". I dunno.
Now, amount of EASYRCLM memory can change in run time, but kernelcore memory cannot. So, I like kernelcore= option. I think this is clear setting for admin.
-- Kame
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