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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:25 +0530
From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/15][Sorted-buddy] mm: Memory Power Management
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On 04/17/2013 10:23 PM, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> On 04/09/2013 02:45 PM, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> [I know, this cover letter is a little too long, but I wanted to clearly
>> explain the overall goals and the high-level design of this patchset in
>> detail. I hope this helps more than it annoys, and makes it easier for
>> reviewers to relate to the background and the goals of this patchset.]
>>
>>
>> Overview of Memory Power Management and its implications to the Linux MM
>> ========================================================================
>>
[...]
>>
> One thing you need to prevent is boot time allocation. You have to make
> sure that frequently accessed per node data stored at the end of memory
> will keep all ranks of memory active.
> 

I think you meant to say "... stored at the end of memory will NOT keep all
ranks of memory active".

Yep, that's a good point! I'll think about how to achieve that. Thanks!

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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