Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757883AbYBKLBu (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:01:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753743AbYBKLBm (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:01:42 -0500 Received: from smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.60.12]:20959 "EHLO smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754188AbYBKLBl (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:01:41 -0500 To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/8] CPA: Fix gbpages support in try_preserve_lage_page References: <200802111034.764275766@suse.de> <20080211093429.CD9D31B41CE@basil.firstfloor.org> <20080211101208.GA32181@elte.hu> From: Andi Kleen Date: 11 Feb 2008 12:01:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080211101208.GA32181@elte.hu> Message-ID: <87ir0viwoc.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2008 10:55:17.0923 (UTC) FILETIME=[96B56F30:01C86C9C] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 987 Lines: 19 Ingo Molnar writes: > > btw., v2.6.25-rc1 is not affected by this. Gbpages support is a "still > cooking" feature only available in x86.git#mm, destined for .26, and > even there it's default disabled and only available on Barcelona class > hardware. (Some of these bits are upstream already to make maintenance > easier, but they are inactive code.) This means it will be tested for ~6 months. Don't you think that's a little excessive for such a simple patch? % git show 6dc6ffff706db6c70a98253e7dc7011e4343df6c | diffstat init_64.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) One option would be also to merge it to .25 and mark the CONFIG option EXPERIMENTAL. -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/