linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/26] ia64: rename ioremap_nocache to ioremap

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Date:   Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:00:48 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Guan Xuetao <gxt@....edu.cn>, x86@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/26] ia64: rename ioremap_nocache to ioremap_uc

Hello!

On 17.08.2019 10:32, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On ia64 ioremap_nocache fails if attributs don't match.  Not other

    Attributes. :-)

> architectures does this, and we plan to get rid of ioremap_nocache.
> So get rid of the special semantics and define ioremap_nocache in
> terms of ioremap as no portable driver could rely on the behavior
> anyway.
> 
> However x86 implements ioremap_uc with a in a similar way as the ia64

    "With a" not really needed?

> version of ioremap_nocache, so implement that instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
[...]

MBR, Sergei