Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes

[David Rientjes]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, David Rientjes wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote:
> > > Any leftover memory is allocated
> > > to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma.
> > 
> > That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember 
> > that venus probe that got lost because of a wrong comma.
> > Can you find some nicer syntax for that please? 
> > 
> 

I agree it's not a good idea to prevent the remaining RAM from being 
allocated to an additional node.  It was helpful in testing and the 
gathering of benchmarks for the purpose of memory management, but not for 
real-world cases.  It's been removed.

		David
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