linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/20] sound, skylake: switch from ioremap

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Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:08:42 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Jeeja KP <jeeja.kp@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/20] sound, skylake: switch from ioremap_cache to
 memremap

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 05:34:48PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 06:16:36PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > In preparation for deprecating ioremap_cache() convert its usage in
> > > skl-nhlt to memremap.

> > > -void __iomem *skl_nhlt_init(struct device *dev)
> > > +void *skl_nhlt_init(struct device *dev)

> > Why are we loosing the annotation here?

> It's the exact purpose of this patchset, as far as I understand.
> memremap() allows the driver accessing the mapped memory just like a
> normal memory unlike ioremap().

There's no mention of what the purpose of the conversion is in either
the patch or the cover letter so it's a bit unclear, some confirmation
would be good :(

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