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Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Move lots of memory logic earlier

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 12:24 -0500, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> 
> > We have currently have three page allocators. The first is PPC-
> > specific,
> > and it includes the Xen image, RTAS, and our copy of the Open
> Firmware
> > device tree.
> 
> More precisely, it is OF-specific and exists because we cannot trust
> the "claim" OF-method, so really it is more of a workaround.

You say we can't trust "claim", but a) we trust "available" properties,
and b) we trust the return code from "claim".

So the only thing you could mean is that we don't trust that "claims"
will be reflected in the "available" properties. Is that what you mean?
Where have we seen that?

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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