Re: [PATCH] i2c: piix4: Replace piix4_smbus driver's cd6h/cd7h port io accesses with mmio accesses

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Jan 10 2022 - 05:31:55 EST


On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 6:25 AM Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I think you'll need approval from someone with authority to accept the
> > suggested change in include/linux/ioport.h. No idea who that would be.
>
> ioport.h has no dedicated maintainer. I would modify it via my tree if
> we have enough review. I'd think Guenter, me, and maybe Andy
> (Shevchenko), and Rafael should be a good crowd. So, I suggest to do
> your v2 and add all these people to CC. It is usually easier to talk
> about existing code.

I have briefly read the discussion by the link you provided above in
this thread. I'm not sure I understand the issue and if Intel hardware
is affected. Is there any summary of the problem?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko