On 03/26/2015 06:02 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Boaz Harrosh <b...@plexistor.com> wrote: >> On 03/26/2015 11:34 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> +/* >>> + * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or NVDIMM regions that >>> + * persist over a reboot. The kernel will ignore their special >>> capabilities >>> + * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY option is set. >>> + * >>> + * Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same type of memory, >>> + * but newer versions switched to 12 as 6 was assigned differently. Some >>> + * time they will learn.. >>> + */ >>> +#define E820_PRAM 12 >> >> Why the PRAM Name. For one 2/3 of this patch say PMEM the Kconfig >> to enable is _PMEM_, the driver stack that gets loaded is pmem, >> so PRAM is unexpected. >> >> Also I do believe PRAM is not the correct name. Yes NvDIMMs are RAM, >> but there are other not RAM technologies that can be supported exactly >> the same way. >> MEM is a more general name meaning "on the memory bus". I think. >> >> I would love the consistency. > > One of nice side of effects of having a "PRAM" name is that we can > later add a UEFI "PMEM" type where the distinction is thsy "PRAM" is > included in the system memory map by default and "PMEM" is analogous > to "IOMEM". Just a thought... >
Than lets say E820_PMEM_12, but not PRAM for sure. Also would UEFI be E820_XXX will it not be a UEFI_PMEM ?? For me I hate RAM because it became to mean a technology, maybe then the same name as the Kconfig PMEM_LEGACY Thanks Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
