On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 04:03:04PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 02:45:01PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > The current documentation refers to using set_memory_wc() as a > > possible hole strategy when you have overlapping ioremap() regions, > > that's incorrect as set_memory_*() helpers can only be used on RAM, > > not IO memory. Using set_memory_wc() will not fail, that's a problem > > which must be corrected in the future. This fixes that, and updates > > the documention to *strongly* discourage overlapping ioremap() memory > > uses, but also documents a possible solution should there really be > > no other option to remain compatible on both PAT and MTRR memory > > constarained systems. While at it, this provides some same guidlines > > to system designers to remain sane and compatible on both PAT and > > non-PAT systems. > > > > As per Toshi this also fixes the table for the effective memory type > > when using MTRR WC on PAT UC- to WC. > > > > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> > > And I was really confused during my earlier reply. For some reason > I read the filename as memory-barriers.txt. > > This one is not mine. Too much time in standards committee meetings, > I guess. ;-) Heh, OK yeah I was confused why you wanted to pick it up but played along. Boris, can this go through you as its a follow up that previously went through you ? Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
