[PATCH 0/4] Memory Add Fixes for ppc64

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Tue Nov 8 11:39:01 EST 2005


Hi Mike,

> When memory add was merged into mainline in 2.6.14, there were
> various bits and pieces missing that prevent it from working on
> ppc64.  The following patches are against 2.6.14-git7 and address
> all but one of the know issues.
> 
> 1) Create hptes for new sections
> 2) Clear page count before freeing new pages
> 3) Kludge to add new memory to node 0
> 4) Ensure probe file is created for memory add via sysfs

Ive got a patch that reworks our numa code and it might reject with
your stuff. I'll send them out for review this afternoon.

Anton



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