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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:27:14 -0400
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Baoquan He" <bhe@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"Jiaxun Yang" <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
"Michael Ellerman" <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
"Luis Chamberlain" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
"Thomas Bogendoerfer" <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
"Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
"Helge Deller" <deller@....de>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
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sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] arch/*/io.h: remove ioremap_uc in some architectures
On Thu, Sep 21, 2023, at 07:04, Baoquan He wrote:
> ioremap_uc() is only meaningful on old x86-32 systems with the PAT
> extension, and on ia64 with its slightly unconventional ioremap()
> behavior. So remove the ioremap_uc() definition in architecutures
> other than x86 and ia64. These architectures all have asm-generic/io.h
> included and will have the default ioremap_uc() definition which
> returns NULL.
>
> This changes the existing behaviour, while no need to worry about
> any breakage because in the only callsite of ioremap_uc(), code
> has been adjusted to eliminate the impact. Please see
> atyfb_setup_generic() of drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c.
>
> If any new invocation of ioremap_uc() need be added, please consider
> using ioremap() intead or adding a ARCH specific version if necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)
> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de> # parisc
> Cc: linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
> Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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