On 07/12/2010 02:30 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: > Nathan Fontenot <nf...@austin.ibm.com> wrote: > >> The file 'split' allows for splitting the >> directory in two, with each new directory covering half as many >> memory sections as the previous directory. > > Just some random thoughts: > 1) Why is it needed/helpful?
This is needed if someone needed to perform an action (add/remove) a single memory section. The 'split' option allows users to isolate a memory section so these operations could be performed. > 2) If it is needed, why not take an int to split after n entries? The idea of being able to split a directory came out of a previous discussion on how to resolve the issue this patch set is trying to solve. I included the split functionality in this patch set since it was suggested. I will leave the decision of whether or not this functionality is needed up to the community. -Nathan _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
