Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 01/10] misc: sram: add optional ioremap without write combining

[Gregory CLEMENT]

Hi Arnd,

I forgot to add you in CC for this patch.
What is your opinion about it?

Gregory
 
 On lun., mars 14 2016, Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Some SRAM users may require non-bufferable access to the memory, which is
> impossible, because devm_ioremap_wc() is used for setting sram->virt_base.
>
> This commit adds optional flag 'no-memory-wc', which allow to choose remap
> method, using DT property. Documentation is updated accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Wojtas <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.txt | 5 +++++
>  drivers/misc/sram.c                             | 5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.txt
> index 42ee9438b771..227e3a341af1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.txt
> @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ Required properties in the sram node:
>  - ranges : standard definition, should translate from local addresses
>             within the sram to bus addresses
>  
> +Optional properties in the sram node:
> +
> +- no-memory-wc : the flag indicating, that SRAM memory region has not to
> +                 be remapped as write combining. WC is used by default.
> +
>  Required properties in the area nodes:
>  
>  - reg : iomem address range, relative to the SRAM range
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/sram.c b/drivers/misc/sram.c
> index 736dae715dbf..69cdabea9c03 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/sram.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/sram.c
> @@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ static int sram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  	}
>  
> -	sram->virt_base = devm_ioremap_wc(sram->dev, res->start, size);
> +	if (of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node, "no-memory-wc"))
> +		sram->virt_base = devm_ioremap(sram->dev, res->start, size);
> +	else
> +		sram->virt_base = devm_ioremap_wc(sram->dev, res->start, size);
>  	if (IS_ERR(sram->virt_base))
>  		return PTR_ERR(sram->virt_base);
>  
> -- 
> 2.5.0
>

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