Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:44:18 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: allow ZONE_DMA to be configurable |
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On 10/13/2010 05:42 PM, David Rientjes wrote: > You can already set the lowmem_reserve_ratio via > /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio.
And why is it then so hard to put in a single line in /etc/sysctl.conf for you?
> We've run without ZONE_DMA for a couple years because we don't have such > hardware limitations and would appreciate the ability to disable it with a > config option rather than hacking the kernel to get it to compile. I'm > sure Casey would as well as you can see in the thread "A question about > ZONE_DMA". > > I don't see the harm in being able to conveniently disable the zone if you > know what you're doing.
There are going to be a lot of very strange bug reports as a result.
-hpa
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