Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-08-02 Thread Seth Jennings
On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 03:13:03PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 08/01/2013 01:57 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >> > "memory" is the name used by the current sysfs memory layout code in > >> > drivers/base/memory.c. So it can't be the same unless we are going to > >> > create a toggle a boot tim

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-08-01 Thread Dave Hansen
On 08/01/2013 01:57 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> > "memory" is the name used by the current sysfs memory layout code in >> > drivers/base/memory.c. So it can't be the same unless we are going to >> > create a toggle a boot time to select between the models, which is >> > something I am looking

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-08-01 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:42:51AM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: Sorry for the delay, google decided to mark your responses as "spam" :( > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:40:07PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > > > +#define MEMFS_CLAS

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-08-01 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:33:44AM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:38:00PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > > > From: Nathan Fontenot > > > > > > Large memory systems (1TB or more) experience boot delays

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-07-30 Thread Seth Jennings
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:38:00PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > > From: Nathan Fontenot > > > > Large memory systems (1TB or more) experience boot delays on the order > > of minutes due to the initializing the memory configura

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-07-30 Thread Seth Jennings
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:40:07PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > > +#define MEMFS_CLASS_NAME "memoryfs" > > One question, a "*fs" name in the kernel usually implies it is a > separate filesystem, which this isn't at all, it's

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > +#define MEMFS_CLASS_NAME "memoryfs" One question, a "*fs" name in the kernel usually implies it is a separate filesystem, which this isn't at all, it's just a "normal" class/subsystem in the kernel. So how about "memory" instea

Re: [PATCH] drivers: base: new memory config sysfs driver for large memory systems

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:11:20PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > From: Nathan Fontenot > > Large memory systems (1TB or more) experience boot delays on the order > of minutes due to the initializing the memory configuration part of > sysfs at /sys/devices/system/memory/. > > ppc64 has a memory b