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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -v23 00/49] Use memblock with x86
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* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:

> New memblock could be used to replace early_res in x86.
> 
> Suggested by: David, Ben, and Thomas

>  113 files changed, 2110 insertions(+), 2217 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/memblock.h
>  delete mode 100644 kernel/early_res.c
>  delete mode 100644 lib/lmb.c
>  create mode 100644 mm/memblock.c

Ok, this finally looks like a basis we could start productizing.

If anyone has any fundamental, structural, design level [or naming] 
objection/feedback, which should be addressed before we start cutting
a tree for this and start fixing bugs and move this towards an
append-only workflow, please speak up.

Thanks,

	Ingo