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Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:16:49 -0500
From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] memory driver: make phys_index/end_phys_index reflect
 the start/end section number
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On 04/09/2014 10:49 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 04/09/2014 02:20 AM, Li Zhong wrote:
>> Or do you mean we don't need to expose any information related to
>> SECTION to userspace? 
> 
> Right, we don't need to expose sections themselves to userspace.  Do we?
>

No. the layout in sysfs is based in block_size_bytes so I do not see any
need to expose sections to userspace.

-Nathan
 

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