linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/20] intel-iommu: switch from ioremap

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:05:35 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/20] intel-iommu: switch from ioremap_cache to memremap

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 06:16:46PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
>> In preparation for deprecating ioremap_cache() convert its usage in
>> intel-iommu to memremap.  This also eliminates the mishandling of the
>> __iomem annotation in the implementation.
>
> I appreciate the change, but in the cover letter you write the API is
> only implemented for x86 so far? The VT-d driver is also used on ia64,
> will it still work there with this patch?
>
>

I did convert ia64 in the series [1]  but you're right this patch
can't go in independently of that conversion.  If you ack this one
I'll carry them in order.

[1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/9/702
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