RE: [PATCH 2/2] ACPICA: support Generic Address Structure bit_offset in acpi_read/write

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On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 09:03 +0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > In the original acpi_read/write, we just call ioremap blindly, so the
> > code in the below patch will not introduce new issue for ia64.  Do you
> > agree?
> 
> See arch/ia64/mm/ioremap.c ... ioremap() on ia64 is smart and looks
> at attributes and makes new mapping match existing ones
> 
> That doesn't deal with long-lived mappings and changes that I just
> mentioned in last e-mail - but it does mean that callers of ioremap()
> don't need to worry ... they can call "blindly".

I see.  So you think it is better to enclose page_is_ram() with #ifndef
CONFIG_IA64 in the patch, so that only ioremap() is used?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying

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