Mel Gorman wrote:
> On (30/07/08 09:17), Adam Litke didst pronounce:
>> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:44 -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
>>> On 26.07.2008 [14:30:40 +0100], Andy Whitcroft wrote:
>>>> Add control over remap via the --text, --data, --bss, and --disable
>>>> options.  The first three request mapping of those segments, the last
>>>> disables all remap.  Where the combinations requested cannot be exactly
>>>> handled then the request is "widened" to get that segment remapped,
>>>> for example if you request --data or --bss in isolation then both are
>>>> remapped and a warning emitted.
>>> What about force-remap, which just tries to map whatever segments might
>>> already be big enough (even partially on x86/x86_64)?
>> Do we consider forced remapping a first-class feature?  I was under the
>> impression that it is mostly useful for doing sniff testing but isn't
>> really recommended for production use.  If this is true, then I'd say we
>> should leave it as an environment-only option (not in hugectl) for the
>> time being.
>>
> 
> Whether it should be in hugectl or not is beyond the scope of this
> patchset IMO. This patchset is about getting hugectl into a useful shape.
> The patchset as it stands has plenty of useful functionality with or without
> force-remap. So, how about we finish this first and worry about what else
> should be in there later?

I don't disagree with Mel, but I do think force-remap should be 
considered a fully-supported feature.  We're hoping this will be useful 
with ISV codes.

-Andrew Hastings
  Cray Inc.




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