Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:36:19 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] x86_64: add memory hotremove config option |
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> You use non-linear mappings for the kernel, so that kernel data is > not tied to a specific physical address. AFAIK, that is the only way > to really do it completely (like the fragmentation problem).
Even with that there are lots of issues, like keeping track of DMAs or handling executing kernel code.
> > Of course, I don't think that would be a good idea to do that in the > forseeable future.
Agreed.
-Andi
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