linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: allow, but warn, when issuing ioremap() on RAM

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Date:	Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:55:51 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Hannemann <arnd@...dnet.de>,
	Hemant Pedanekar <hemantp@...com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-main <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-K?nig <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Han Jonghun <jonghun79.han@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: allow, but warn, when issuing ioremap() on RAM

On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 09:43:50PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> I'm guessing some closed source graphics drivers for ARM do all kinds
> of wrong crap, and Nokia use them a lot, and nobody wants to tell the
> closed vendors to change their drivers because it costs money.

In which case Russell's message to tell them to sodd off is exactly the
right thing to do.  I've never figured out why Felipe cars so much, but
if he's one of the users of utterly buggy binary drivers that would
explain his weird actions here.

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