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Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] asm-generic/io.h: Remove unused generic __ioremap() definition

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Hi Björn,

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> wrote:
> Several arches use __ioremap() to help implement the generic ioremap(),
> ioremap_nocache(), and ioremap_wc() interfaces, but this usage is all
> inside the arch/ directory.
>
> The only __ioremap() uses outside arch/ are in the ZorroII RAM disk driver
> and some framebuffer drivers that are only buildable on m68k and powerpc,
> and they use the versions provided by those arches.
>
> There's no need for a generic version of __ioremap(), so remove it.

These all predate the ioremap_*() variants, and can be converted to
either ioremap_nocache() or ioremap_wt().

However, PPC doesn't implement ioremap_wt() yet, so asm-generic will
fall back to the less-efficient nocache variant.
PPC does support __ioremap(..., _PAGE_WRITETHRU), so adding a wrapper
is trivial.

> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Regardless,
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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                                -- Linus Torvalds

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[PATCH v2 2/4] asm-generic/io.h: Remove unused generic __ioremap()  definition Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> - 2017-03-20 19:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] asm-generic/io.h: Remove unused generic  __ioremap() definition Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2017-03-21 11:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] asm-generic/io.h: Remove unused generic  __ioremap() definition Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> - 2017-03-21 21:00 +0100

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