Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753390AbbDRThO (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:37:14 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com ([209.85.212.172]:34581 "EHLO mail-wi0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751893AbbDRThL (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:37:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150418063829.GA29931@lst.de> References: <20150418013256.25237.96403.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150418013618.25237.99555.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150418063829.GA29931@lst.de> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 12:37:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/21] nd_pmem: add NFIT support to the pmem driver From: Dan Williams To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" , Ingo Molnar , Boaz Harrosh , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Andy Lutomirski , Jens Axboe , "H. Peter Anvin" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 959 Lines: 18 On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 09:36:18PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: >> nd_pmem attaches to persistent memory regions and namespaces emitted by >> the nd subsystem, and, same as the original pmem driver, presents the >> system-physical-address range as a block device. > > I don't think there is any need to move the driver around. At this point in the patch series I agree, but in later patches we take advantage of nd bus services. "[PATCH 15/21] nd: pmem label sets and namespace instantiation" adds support for labeled pmem namespaces, and in "[PATCH 19/21] nd: infrastructure for btt devices" we make pmem capable of hosting btt instances. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/