[PATCH v3 17/17] video: fbdev: geode gxfb: use ioremap_wc() for framebuffer

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>

The driver doesn't use mtrr_add() or arch_phys_wc_add() but
since we know the framebuffer is isolated already on an
ioremap() we can take advantage of write combining for
performance where possible.

In this case there are a few motivations for this:

a) Take advantage of PAT when available

b) Help with the goal of eventually using _PAGE_CACHE_UC over
   _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS on x86 on ioremap_nocache() (see commit
   de33c442e titled "x86 PAT: fix performance drop for glx,
   use UC minus for ioremap(), ioremap_nocache() and
   pci_mmap_page_range()")

Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
Cc: linux-geode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/geode/gxfb_core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/geode/gxfb_core.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/geode/gxfb_core.c
index 124d7c7..ec9fc9a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/geode/gxfb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/geode/gxfb_core.c
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ static int gxfb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *info, struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 	info->fix.smem_start = pci_resource_start(dev, 0);
 	info->fix.smem_len = vram ? vram : gx_frame_buffer_size();
-	info->screen_base = ioremap(info->fix.smem_start, info->fix.smem_len);
+	info->screen_base = ioremap_wc(info->fix.smem_start,
+				       info->fix.smem_len);
 	if (!info->screen_base)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.3.2.209.gd67f9d5.dirty

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