On Mon, 2 May 2011 09:03:53 -0700
Hollis Blanchard [off-list ref] wrote:

On 05/01/2011 08:41 PM, Kushwaha Prabhakar-B32579 wrote:

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Perhaps an allocator could be added in the same patchset that adds such a
user.

Yaa. It can be done. Otherwise module has to query each message unit for its availability.

No, instead the system designer should pick one. If it doesn't matter 
which one, then the designer is free to pick any.

We should avoid resorting to the notion of a "system designer" if possible
-- it's hard to avoid it when dealing with partitioning, but it shouldn't
be needed for unpartitioned basic driver operation.

An allocator can't work if you're going to mix drivers. For example, 
driver A needs MSRG0, and driver B doesn't care. Driver B loads first, 
the allocator selects MSGR0; driver A loads and fails. Having an 
allocator at all will create this conflict.

In the absence of partitioning, no driver should need a specific one.  With
partitioning, let the system designer mark those resources as reserved so
they don't get allocated. :-)

-Scott