Hi Ben,
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, I wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, I wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2015, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
Maybe we should have a dedicated accessor for "mac_xpram" ...
...
The arch_nvram_ops methods don't deal with structures like partitions ...
Instead of the accessor you suggested, perhaps it would be better to add a
method like arch_nvram_ops.get_partition, to replace the
pmac_get_partition() exported function?
The call sites for pmac_get_partition() are in the implementation of the
IOC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET ioctl that's used with /dev/nvram, and in
pmac_xpram_read(). pmac_xpram_write() has no caller and could be removed.
But this doesn't have much to do with linux-fbdev. I think the old
NV_CMODE/NV_VMODE issues*, which this patch avoids, are irrelevant to the
problem of nvram module re-use, which is the aim of this patch series.
But if those issues really are relevant then we should move the discussion
to the revised patch, that is, [RFC v6 16/25] powerpc, fbdev: Use NV_CMODE
and NV_VMODE only when CONFIG_PPC32 and CONFIG_PPC_PMAC and CONFIG_NVRAM.
(There was no response to any patch in RFC v6 from any PowerPC
maintainers, which is why I've revived this thread.)
* https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2001-November/012662.html
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