Re: [PATCH 2/7] pci: memory access API and IOMMU support

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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 01:08:23AM +0300, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
> PCI devices should access memory through pci_memory_*() instead of
> cpu_physical_memory_*(). This also provides support for translation and
> access checking in case an IOMMU is emulated.
> 
> Memory maps are treated as remote IOTLBs (that is, translation caches
> belonging to the IOMMU-aware device itself). Clients (devices) must
> provide callbacks for map invalidation in case these maps are
> persistent beyond the current I/O context, e.g. AIO DMA transfers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Please merge this instead of the patch I sent with the series. I wanted
to avoid resubmitting the whole series.


	Eduard

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