linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86/iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table section, and iommu_table

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Message-ID: <4C76FD29.9040903@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:47:53 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86/iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table
 section, and iommu_table_entry structure.

On 08/26/2010 11:19 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> So we have yet another magic section in vmlinux.lds.S
> A nice comemnt that expalins what this is used for and why
> it is discardable etc. would be nice.
> 
> Lots of magic sections in same file miss this,
> but thats not an example to follwow.
> 

I added this series to tip:x86/iommu, but please do provide an
incremental patch with a comment.

Thanks,

	-hpa

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