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Re: [patch] zoned-2.3.28-G5, zone-allocator, highmem, bootmem fixes

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> >  -#include <asm/pgtable.h>
> >  +#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
> 
> > we do not want to put #ifdef CONFIG_X86-type of stuff into the main
> > kernel.
> 
> pgalloc.h only exists fof x86 -- so this won't work

well, other architectures will have to be fixed, this is a work in
progress patch.

> > fallback from 'highmem => normalmem => dmamem' should work already.
> 
> stupid question perhaps, but how can I verify this...

printk?

> > will have a look - i think we are simply out of balance somewhere,
> 
> ok, perhaps this is it -- should drivers and the swap code need to
> know about the zone stuff and explicity do things differently?

no. The zone stuff is completely transparent, all GFP_* flags (should)  
work just as before. All interfaces were preserved. So shortly before 2.4
it is not acceptable to break established APIs. (neither is it necessery)

-- mingo

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