Re: [PATCH part5 0/7] Arrange hotpluggable memory as ZONE_MOVABLE.

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Aug 14 2013 - 22:23:02 EST


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 09:44:19PM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >This is doubly idiotic because this is all early boot. Most users
> >don't even have a way to access the debug info if the machine crashes
> >that early. Developement convenience is something that we consider
> >too but, seriously, users come first. This is not your personal
> >playground. Don't frigging crash if you have any other option.
>
> Again, the best depend on the purpose and the goal. If someone specify
> to enable hotplugging, They are sure they need it. Now, any fallback
> achieve their goal. Their goal is not booting. If they don't have enough
> machine to achieve their goal, we have only one way, tell them that.

Yes, you go and tell them with the blank screen.

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tejun
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