[PATCH v8 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support

TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar pratheesh at ti.com
Thu Mar 3 04:29:42 EST 2011


Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Gleixner [mailto:tglx at linutronix.de]
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:27 AM
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 02 March 2011 21:09:56 Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > > +static struct uio_info *info;
> > > > +static dma_addr_t sram_paddr, ddr_paddr;
> > > > +static void *prussio_vaddr, *sram_vaddr, *ddr_vaddr;
> > >
> > > So the correct thing would be
> > >
> > > static void __iomem *prussio_vaddr;
> > > static void *sram_vaddr, *ddr_vaddr;
> >
> > I also commented that it should not be a global variable at
> > all, but a dynamic data structure referenced from the device.
> >
> > Not important, but Pratheesh said he'd change it. If it stays
> > a global variable, I'd at least expect an explanation why
> > the static variable is considered better in this case.
> 
> I did not pick at that, because there is no indicator that we'll see
> more than one PRUSS unit per SoC in the forseeable future.
> 
It's a possibility - May be in 2-3 years time.

Thanks,
Pratheesh




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