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SubjectRe: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: update node demotion order during on hotplug events
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On 12.04.21 09:19, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:59:21PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>
>> The only way to add more System RAM is via add_memory() and friends like
>> add_memory_driver_managed(). These all require CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
>
> Yeah, my point was more towards whether PMEM can come in a way that it does
> not have to be hotplugged, but come functional by default (as RAM).
> But after having read all papers out there, I do not think that it is possible.
>

You mean e.g., configuring in the BIOS/firmware how an NVDIMM will get
exposed to the OS (pmem vs. RAM). I once heard something about that, not
sure if it's real. But from Linux' perspective, it would simply be
System RAM and it would get treated like that.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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