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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/26] ia64: rename ioremap_nocache to ioremap_uc
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From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
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Hello!

On 17.08.2019 10:32, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On ia64 ioremap_nocache fails if attributs don't match.  Not other

    Attributes. :-)

> architectures does this, and we plan to get rid of ioremap_nocache.
> So get rid of the special semantics and define ioremap_nocache in
> terms of ioremap as no portable driver could rely on the behavior
> anyway.
> 
> However x86 implements ioremap_uc with a in a similar way as the ia64

    "With a" not really needed?

> version of ioremap_nocache, so implement that instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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MBR, Sergei