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Message-ID: <50351304.20608@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:12:36 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tglx@...utronix.de,
mingo@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86_64: Define 128-bit memory-mapped I/O operations
On 08/22/2012 10:09 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> Well, sure, I'm assuming that the driver is responsible for checking
> that the device and its bus interface support an MMIO of the requested
> width.
>
> But the architecture code must be responsible for reporting whether the
> host supports it, right?
>
No, the architecture code *can't*.
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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