Re: [PATCH RFC sparc] Break up iommu from monolithic lock for the map to multiple pools/locks

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On (12/19/14 12:26), David Miller wrote:
> 
> If this is such a better and more scalable algorithm for IOMMU
> arena DMA region allocation, then instead of one platform after
> another putting a private implementation under arch/, the generic
> IOMMU code should be adjusted instead.
> 
> Right?
> 

Yes, it should.. that would be the eventual goal. But I wanted
to do this incrementally (IOW, I was scared to boil the ocean just yet :-)
I see pci, schizo, ldc using this as well. Even if I managed to 
convert all of them successfully, the patch-set would be pretty massive)

So I wanted to get some feedback on this first

--Sowmini

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