Help text for memory model config section?
Joel Schopp
jschopp at austin.ibm.com
Thu Jul 7 05:24:03 EST 2005
> Doing a make oldconfig on 2.6.13-rc2:
>
> Memory model
> 1. Flat Memory (FLATMEM_MANUAL) (NEW)
>
>>2. Discontigious Memory (DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL) (NEW)
>
> 3. Sparse Memory (SPARSEMEM_MANUAL) (NEW)
> choice[1-3]: ?
>
> Sorry, no help available for this option yet.
Sorry about the no help part. We'll work on that.
> I don't know
> whether I should pick 2 or 3 for my numa config.
Well, 3 is designed to replace 2 and should be superior in every regard.
2 is there because it is a proven quantity, and 3 isn't yet.
>
> Also, the correct spelling is "discontiguous" :)
>
We'll work on that too.
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