linux-kernel - Re: [Question] How to represent SYSTEM

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Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:43:13 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"tony.luck@...el.com" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, pbadari@...ibm.com,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Question] How to represent SYSTEM_RAM in kerenel/resouce.c

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 09:37:13AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I think we should take system ram out of the iomem file, at least.

Rubbish.  iomem is a representation of the physical addresses in the
system as seen from the CPU's perspective.  As I said in my previous
mail in this thread, if you attempt to map a device's BAR over the top
of physical RAM, things will go poorly for you.

-- 
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operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
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