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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:26:20 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>, tglx@linutronix.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default
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On 02/26/2014 11:40 AM, David E. Box wrote:
> From: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
> 
> The IOSF Mailbox interface is an access mechanism used by multiple drivers to
> communicate with key configuration registers on new Intel SOC platforms. The
> interface is ubiquitous enough that we need to ensure the availability of the
> driver in non-EXPERT configured x86 kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>

Hi David,

Could you please update the patch description to explain to people who
may not be familiar why the IOSF driver can't be a module?

	-hpa


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