RE: [Lhms-devel] Re: [PATCH] no buddy bitmap patch : intro and includes [0/2]

[Tolentino, Matthew E]

>> Followings are patches for removing bitmaps from buddy 
>allocator, against 2.6.9-rc3.
>> I think this version is much clearer than ones I posted a month ago.
>...
>> If there is unclear point, please tell me.
>
>What was the purpose behind this, again? Sorry, has been too long since
>I last looked.
>

For one, it avoids the otherwise requisite resizing of the bitmaps 
during memory hotplug operations...

matt
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