linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH4/4] [POWERPC] Fix cpm

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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:06:29 +0200
From:	Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
CC:	linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH4/4] [POWERPC] Fix cpm_uart driver

Scott Wood schrieb:
> Jochen Friedrich wrote:
>>
>> In cpm_uart_core, functions cpm_uart_init_bd and cpm_uart_init_scc
>> an offset into DP RAM is calculated by substracting a physical
>> memory constant from an virtual address. This patch fixes the
>> problem by converting the virtual address into a physical
>> first.
>
> Huh?  DPRAM_BASE is a virtual address.  With this patch, you'd be 
> subtracting a virtual address from a physical address.

Thanks for pointing me to it. So the bug is in cpm_uart_cpm1.h assigning 
a physical memory to DPRAM_BASE (at least on ARC=ppc). cpm_uart_cpm2.h 
seems to be correct though. I'll submit a new patch for this.

Thanks,
Jochen
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