Re: [PATCH 4/4] sh: machvec: remove custom ioport_{un,}map()
From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Sep 21 2023 - 18:26:27 EST
Hi Adrian,
On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 9:45 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-09-15 at 17:49 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023, at 17:41, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 4:30 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 16:13, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Right, it looks like the GENERIC_IOMAP part if gone from that
> > > > series, and I also see that the PCI host bridge does not actually
> > >
> > > No, 02/30 still enables it.
> >
> > Ok.
> >
> > > > map the port I/O window. That's usually fine because very few
> > > > drivers actually need it, and it also means that there should be
> > > > no need for GENERIC_IOMAP or the simpler alternative.
> > > >
> > > > The first version probably only did it accidentally, which is a
> > > > common mistake, and I think the ones for hexagon, m68k, and
> > > > mips can probably be removed as well with some simplifiations.
> > >
> > > When not selecting GENERIC_IOMAP in v2, the build fails with:
> > >
> > > sh4-linux-gnu-ld: lib/devres.o: in function `pcim_iomap_release':
> > > devres.c:(.text+0x234): undefined reference to `pci_iounmap'
> >
> > Odd, that one is provided based on CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
> > and should be provided by common code, despite the similar
> > naming this is unrelated to CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP.
>
> So, what would be the suggestion now to move forward? Shall I include this
> series for 6.7 or better wait until after Yoshinori's series to convert
> to device tree has been merged?
I think including Arnd's cleanups (that is, his v2) in v6.7 is fine.
Sato-san's series needs more work, and is easy to fix for Arnd's cleanup
(just provide sh_io_port_base unconditionally).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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