Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] lightnvm: check mm before use

From	Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] lightnvm: check mm before use
Date	2015-12-04 11:00 +0100
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> Is there any chance core can initialize IOs on device without register
> with a media manger ?
> In my understanding core cannot create target on device without a
> media manger, if core doesn't have a target how can core initialize
> IOs on these devices?  If I'm wrong about this, please correct me.
>

You're right. This is preparation patches for system blocks. The core 
gets features added to work with the device, before gennvm is 
initialized. For that case, no media manager will have been initialized, 
and we therefore can't call it.
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[PATCH RFC 1/3] lightnvm: check mm before use Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> - 2015-12-02 13:20 +0100
  [PATCH RFC 2/3] lightnvm: comments on constants Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> - 2015-12-02 13:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] lightnvm: check mm before use Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 09:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] lightnvm: check mm before use Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> - 2015-12-04 11:00 +0100

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