Re: [PATCH 4/4] hugetlb: add hugepages_node= command-line option

[Davidlohr Bueso]

On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 05:03 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But I think it would be better if it made hugepages= and hugepagesz=
> > obsolete, so we can emit a printk if people use those, telling them
> > to migrate because the old options are going away.
> 
> Not sure why everyone wants to break existing systems. These options
> have existed for many years, you cannot not just remove them.
> 
> Also the old options are totally fine and work adequately for the
> vast majority of users who do not need to control node assignment
> fine grained.

Yes, please, why can't both options just coexist.

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