Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread David Rientjes
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, David Rientjes wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: > > > Any leftover memory is allocated > > > to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. > > > > That sounds like syntactical vinegar

Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread David Rientjes
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: > > Any leftover memory is allocated > > to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. > > That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember > that venus probe that got

Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread Andi Kleen
On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: > Any leftover memory is allocated > to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember that venus probe that got lost because of a wrong comma. Can you find some

Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread Andi Kleen
On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember that venus probe that got lost because of a wrong comma. Can you find some nicer

Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread David Rientjes
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember that venus probe that got lost

Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-29 Thread David Rientjes
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, David Rientjes wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty

[patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-25 Thread David Rientjes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to split the remaining system memory into nodes of fixed size. Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. For example: numa=fake=2*512,*128 gives two 512M nodes and the remaining system

[patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

2007-01-25 Thread David Rientjes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to split the remaining system memory into nodes of fixed size. Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. For example: numa=fake=2*512,*128 gives two 512M nodes and the remaining system