Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Mar 26 2015 - 06:28:25 EST



* Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:04:13AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Yeah, the code is much clearer now:
> >
> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > What tree is this intended for? Should I pick up the x86 bits?
>
> The x86 bits really need to go through the x86 tree. The pmem
> driver itself would normally go through the block tree, but if Jens
> is fine with it sending it through the x86 tree as well would allow
> us to have a single complete tree for testing.

btw., there's half a dozen block drivers in arch/* platform code, so
in theory even the block driver could be merged there - but I agree
that it's much cleaner and more generic in drivers/block/.

Jens?

Thanks,

Ingo
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