[PATCH Xenial 4.4] UBUNTU: [Config] CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE=y for amd64

[Tim Gardner]

On 02/10/2016 06:43 AM, Mark wrote:
> On Fri, January 29, 2016 16:50, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> On 01/27/2016 12:23 PM, Mark wrote:
>>> ...
>>> It seems there is some upstream discussion and an RFC patch (which did
>>> seem to fix the problem for me). That patch probably won't be committed
>>> as-is, but hopefully a solution will be found so this issue ceases to be
>>> a problem.
>>>
>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2170767.html
>>>
>>> I don't know whether any solution will get backported to kernel 4.4, but
>>> if not, perhaps backporting it could be one of the Ubuntu-specific
>>> kernel changes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> Well, that thread does hold some promise. Perhaps you could drop a note
>> on this list when something gets merged into a maintainer tree or even
>> linux-next.
> 
> "+ mm-config_nr_zones_extended.patch added to -mm tree"
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg116083.html
> 
> 
> 
> -- Mark
> 
> 

I've merged this patch and have pushed a config change that will
hopefully restore balance to the force. Look for this change in 4.4.0-5

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com