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

From: RafaÅ MiÅecki
Date: Fri Jan 08 2016 - 10:26:26 EST


On 8 January 2016 at 15:01, Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

We didn't switch from 'ioremap' but from KSEG0ADDR. What exactly
should be a separated patch?

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RafaÅ