Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM)
From: Josh Boyer
Date: Wed Jun 22 2011 - 14:06:41 EST
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>
> I have a couple of thoughts here:
>
> - If this patchset is merged and a major user such as google is
> unable to use it and has to continue to carry a separate patch then
> that's a regrettable situation for the upstream kernel.
>
> - Google's is, afaik, the largest use case we know of: zillions of
> machines for a number of years. And this real-world experience tells
> us that the badram patchset has shortcomings. Shortcomings which we
> can expect other users to experience.
>
> So. What are your thoughts on these issues?
Has Google submitted patches for their implementation?
josh
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