[PATCH V2] genalloc: add support to specify the physical address

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 12 May 2011 18:38:32 +0100
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:15:35AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 08:54:15AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > so we specify the virtual address as base of the pool chunk and then
> > > get the physical address for hardware IP
> > > 
> > > as example on at91 we will use on spi, uart or macb
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > > Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
> > > Cc: Patrice VILCHEZ <patrice.vilchez at atmel.com>
> > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> > > ---
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > > 	I integrate the documentation fix
> > > 	could replace the previous one with this one
> > > 
> > > V2:
> > > 	update documentation
> > > 	use phys_addr_t for physical addr
> > > Best Regards,
> > 
> > I notice no comments on this - maybe it needs to be Cc'd to linux-mm too?
> > 
> > Andrew - do you have any views on this?
> 
> Still haven't heard anything.  What's the status?

Sorry, I missed the earlier email.  I've had v2 queued for 2.6.39 for a
month.  If someone merges it into some other tree then that's OK by me
- I'll just drop my copy when it turns up in -next.