Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: add max_addr boot option

[Wen Congyang]

At 05/23/2012 03:51 AM, Rob Landley Wrote:
> On 05/22/2012 02:02 AM, Wen Congyang wrote:
>> If we only want to use node0, we can specify the max_addr. The boot
>> option "mem=" can do the same thing now. But the boot option "mem="
>> means the total memory used by the system. If we tell the user
>> that the boot option "mem=" can do this, it will confuse the user.
>> So we need an new boot option "max_addr" on x86 platform.
> 
> I didn't follow that reasoning at all.  Care to try again?
> 
> (mem= can do this, but telling users that would confuse them?  What?)

mem= means the total memory, but we implement it as max address.
I donot know why we implement it as max address. The users donot
know how we implement, and they only know that they can use
mem= to set the total memory. If you tell the users that mem=
can set max address, it will confuse them.

Thanks
Wen Congyang

> 
> Rob

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