Re: [PATCH] mtd: bcm47xxsflash: use devm_ioremap_nocache() instead of KSEG0ADDR()

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Fri Jan 08 2016 - 09:01:08 EST


On Fri, 8 Jan 2016, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:

> > This removes some (implicit) MIPS dependencies and makes the code more
> > portable, whether we need it or not :)
>
> So now we have following forwardtrace:
> devm_ioremap_nocache
> ioremap_nocache
> __ioremap_mode
> __ioremap
> CKSEG1ADDR
>
> It results in different address than KSEG0ADDR:
> [ 1.339752] [bcm47xxsflash_bcma_probe] KSEG0ADDR(BCMA_SOC_FLASH2):9c000000
> [ 1.346848] [bcm47xxsflash_bcma_probe] devm_ioremap_nocache:bc000000
>
> But it still works as expected! :)
> [ 1.609426] 6 bcm47xxpart partitions found on MTD device bcm47xxsflash
> [ 1.616169] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "bcm47xxsflash":

It is a functional change though and I think the change from a cached to
uncached mapping (i.e. from `ioremap' to `ioremap_nocache') has to be a
separate patch, so that both changes can be reviewed independently.

Maciej