[PATCH 1/7] ARM: Add __arm_ioremap_exec for mapping external memory as MT_MEMORY
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Tue Oct 11 19:58:27 EDT 2011
* Andres Salomon <dilinger at queued.net> [111011 14:11]:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:45:43 -0700
> Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
>
> > This allows mapping external memory such as SRAM for use.
> >
> > This is needed for some small chunks of code, such as reprogramming
> > SDRAM memory source clocks that can't be executed in SDRAM. Other
> > use cases include some PM related code.
>
>
> Acked-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger at queued.net>
>
> Looks good to me, thanks for doing this. I only have one very minor
> quibble below, which could be addressed in a later patch..
> > +void __iomem *
> > +__arm_ioremap_exec(unsigned long phys_addr, size_t size, int cached)
>
> I'd rather see this as 'bool cached', so it's clear we're talking
> about a simple boolean (rather than bits).
Sure, thanks, updated version below. Will also update the patch in
Russell's patch system.
Tony
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