linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/21] nd_pmem: add NFIT support to the pmem driver

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Message-ID: <20150418063829.GA29931@lst.de>
Date:	Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:38:29 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/21] nd_pmem: add NFIT support to the pmem driver

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 09:36:18PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> nd_pmem attaches to persistent memory regions and namespaces emitted by
> the nd subsystem, and, same as the original pmem driver, presents the
> system-physical-address range as a block device.

I don't think there is any need to move the driver around.  Also please split
the addition of the ida allocation from adding the new probe methods.
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