linux-kernel - Re: How could we get rid of saved_max

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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2014 07:46:44 -0700
From:	Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
To:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...technion.ac.il>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, WANG Chao <chaowang@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, discuss@...-64.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How could we get rid of saved_max_pfn for calgary iommu?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...technion.ac.il> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 10:50:41PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> OK, second question... is it time to axe Calgary?
>
> I don't know of anyone still using it, but it's not
> impossible. Calgary and CalIOC2 machines would now be ~5-8 years old.

It is getting a bit crufty in arch/x86.  Would it be better to move it
to drivers/iommu?

>
> Cheers,
> Muli
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