Re: [PATCH 11/20] sound, skylake: switch from ioremap_cache to memremap

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 05:34:48PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 06:16:36PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > In preparation for deprecating ioremap_cache() convert its usage in
> > > skl-nhlt to memremap.

> > > -void __iomem *skl_nhlt_init(struct device *dev)
> > > +void *skl_nhlt_init(struct device *dev)

> > Why are we loosing the annotation here?

> It's the exact purpose of this patchset, as far as I understand.
> memremap() allows the driver accessing the mapped memory just like a
> normal memory unlike ioremap().

There's no mention of what the purpose of the conversion is in either
the patch or the cover letter so it's a bit unclear, some confirmation
would be good :(

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