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| author | Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2016-12-12 16:43:06 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-12-12 18:55:07 -0800 |
| commit | c3352cbb1bdf198e81141700eb7003b8e2de1f1a (patch) | |
| tree | f0ee23270b676598796a7cc0ef6e1cdd619aef7e /Documentation | |
| parent | 41a9ada3e6b4253f1a3ce42699c6aaeb8584306c (diff) | |
dt: add documentation of "hotpluggable" memory property
Summarize the "hotpluggable" property of dt memory nodes.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479160961-25840-6-git-send-email-arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt index 3f1437fbca6b..280d283304bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt @@ -974,6 +974,13 @@ compatibility. 4Gb. Some vendors prefer splitting those ranges into smaller segments, but the kernel doesn't care. + Additional properties: + + - hotpluggable : The presence of this property provides an explicit + hint to the operating system that this memory may potentially be + removed later. The kernel can take this into consideration when + doing nonmovable allocations and when laying out memory zones. + e) The /chosen node This node is a bit "special". Normally, that's where Open Firmware |