linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Clarify pci_iomap() usage for MMIO-only devices

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0709181625500.16478@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify pci_iomap() usage for MMIO-only devices



On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> Easy enough... 'pcimap' branch of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git

This is wrong.

You must not put it in lib/iomap.c, since that file is only compiled for 
architectures that use CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP.

So you need to put it in some *generic* PCI place, like drivers/pci/pci.c 
or similar.

		Linus
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