Re: [PATCH] powerpc:Fix rheap alignment problem

[Kumar Gala]

On Jul 1, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 05:21:06PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt  
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 14:35 +0800, Linux powerpc wrote:
> > > Yes, it was used for allocating dual port RAM for CPM.  And now  
> > > we are
> > > adding QE support to powerpc arch which need to use rheap(QE is next
> > > generation for CPM).  Please see the patches I <leoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > just posted for 8360epb support.  Moreover, previous CPM support is
> > > adding to powerpc arch too.
> >
> > Ok, well, I don't have anything specifically against that code, I was
> > just wondering if it may not duplicate something we already have (yet
> > another space allocator basically)...
>
> Yepp.  Without looking at the rheap allocator in deatail, any reason
> it can't use lib/genalloc.c?

Doing a quick glance at lib/genalloc.c I dont see any reason we  
couldn't use it.  However, Panto will know best, since he wrote rheap.

- k
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