Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262402AbVERWFr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 18:05:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262283AbVERWEf (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 18:04:35 -0400 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:4792 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262385AbVERWD4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 18:03:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 00:03:56 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Terence Ripperda Cc: Dave Jones , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Cachemap for 2.6.12rc4-mm1. Was Re: [PATCH] enhance x86 MTRR handling Message-ID: <20050518220356.GC1250@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050512161825.GC17618@redhat.com> <20050512214118.GA25065@redhat.com> <20050513132945.GB16088@wotan.suse.de> <20050513155241.GA3522@redhat.com> <20050518220120.GJ2596@hygelac> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050518220120.GJ2596@hygelac> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1435 Lines: 34 > I have no doubts that this isn't in ready condition yet. at the last > time I was working on this, I remember I was comparing how it behaved > on various systems at my disposal and there were some glaring problems > I was trying to take notes on. I think they were cachemap api > problems, but I don't recall the details. I'll try to review the > current code and old email to remember. I plan to do more work in this area in the future too. > > right now I think there were a lot of excessive printouts for > debugging purposes. I also have no doubts that there are coding style > differences that need to be cleaned up (feel free to tell me when my code > sucks or isn't up to style). Perhaps should concentrate on the basic design first. > > on a side note, last I was working on this I still had to keep an > extra tree around and manually diff things, which is a burden and easy > to goof things up. is there an easier way to do this? it looks like > you guys are experimenting with git, is there an faq on how to get > started with that? I use quilt (http://quilt.sourceforge.net) for keeping patchkits. Works well. It is not a real SCM, but can be combined with one. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/