linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] IOMMU: move page number calculation to generic code

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:44:27 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, bhavna.sarathy@....com,
	robert.richter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] IOMMU: move page number calculation to generic code


* Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:

> This small patch series introduces a generic iommu_num_pages function 
> into the IOMMU helper code. This function can be used to calculate the 
> number of pages an IOMMU has to map for a specific mapping request.
> 
> The patchset converts the x86 IOMMU implementations for AMD IOMMU and 
> the GART to use this function.

applied to tip/x86/iommu - thanks Joerg.

> Other IOMMU implementations are not changed because I can't test them.

if it's straightforward and expected to work with a high likelyhood then 
please do it nevertheless. As long as it's finegrained patches we ought 
to be able to filter out broken changes.

	Ingo
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