Re: [microblaze-uclinux] [patch] boot memory allocator cleanup

[John Williams <jwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Yashi,

Yasushi SHOJI wrote:

 > I'd like to start cleaning up boot memory allocator code in
 > microblaze.
 >
 > the goal of this cleanup is:
 >
 > - move boot memory allocator functions to arch/microblaze/mm/

yes

 > - get rid of static allocation of boot memory map

yes

 > - convert to standard function / symbol names

yes

 > - add config option for m68knommu style romfs

not quite sure what you mean - the microblaze already does it mostly in
the m68knommu way.. with a bit of a hangover from v850 as well :-S

 > and possibly
 > - discon mem support

What's this mean?  Multiple zones for discontiguous memory regions?

 > the first patch, which is attached to this email, just move functions
 > from arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c to arch/microblaze/mm/init.c. No
 > functionality has been changed yet.
 >
 > this patch affects everybody using microblaze port, so I'd like to ask
 > for comments and suggestions.

I'll give it a run and let you know in a day or two.  It's the easter
long weekend here, I'm not supposed to be working! :-)

Thanks for your work,

John
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