Re: [PATCH v2][POWERPC] Fix initial lmb add region with a non-zero base

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:30 PM, David Miller wrote:

> From: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:37 -0600 (CST)
>
> > If we add to an empty lmb region with a non-zero base we will not  
> > coalesce
> > the number of regions down to one.  This causes problems on ppc32  
> > for the
> > memory region as its assumed to only have one region.
> >
> > We can fix this easily by causing the initial add to replace the  
> > dummy
> > region.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Fix a bug the initial patch introduced if we have a region that  
> > gets added
> > at the beginning of the list we wouldn't actually add it.
> >
> > Dave can you replace the patch in you tree with this one.
>
> I think my tree has already or will soon be pulled in so
> I don't want to rebase it.
>
> Why don't you simply send me the relative bug fix instead?

np.  Are we trying to get this into 2.6.25 or .26?

- k
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