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Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address

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On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 November 2015 18:17:32 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 18 November 2015 17:29:19 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
>> >> For me it clearly looks like a platform (HW / SW) configuration issue.
>> >
>> > I think some people have argued in the past that we should always use
>> > the same type for dma_addr_t, resource_size_t and phys_addr_t. That
>> > would certainly fix the problem you describe as well. In practice,
>> > everyone has that already, and my patch by itself fixes all the
>> > cases where the FIFO is at a high address and dma_addr_t is already
>> > 64-bit wide.
>>
>> Let me summarize.
>>
>> We have to have classification by address space
>> 1) physical
>> 2) virtual
>
> That classification is oversimplified, as the DMA address space
> is often not the same as physical.
>

>> dma_addr_t is a physical address wrt DMA mask.
>>
>> Correct?
>
> dma_addr_t is how a device sees RAM, it is limited by the DMA mask
> that is a subset of the capabilities of the device and the buses
> through which it is connected, and is subject to IOMMU translation
> and possible platform or bus specific offsets from the physical
> memory. I still don't know where you're getting with this.

This is off the review already. I'm just structuring knowledge in my head.
In principle I agree with your patch.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 10:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-18 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-18 16:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 17:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-18 17:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 19:20 +0100

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