Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:43:25 +0100 (CET) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] zoned-2.3.28-G5, zone-allocator, highmem, bootmem fixes |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > -#include <asm/pgtable.h> > > +#include <asm/pgalloc.h> > > > we do not want to put #ifdef CONFIG_X86-type of stuff into the main > > kernel. > > pgalloc.h only exists fof x86 -- so this won't work
well, other architectures will have to be fixed, this is a work in progress patch.
> > fallback from 'highmem => normalmem => dmamem' should work already. > > stupid question perhaps, but how can I verify this...
printk?
> > will have a look - i think we are simply out of balance somewhere, > > ok, perhaps this is it -- should drivers and the swap code need to > know about the zone stuff and explicity do things differently?
no. The zone stuff is completely transparent, all GFP_* flags (should) work just as before. All interfaces were preserved. So shortly before 2.4 it is not acceptable to break established APIs. (neither is it necessery)
-- mingo
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