[Cbe-oss-dev] [patch 03/16] powerpc and x86_64: Initial port of PCIe endpoint device driver for Axon

Arnd Bergmann arnd at bergmann-dalldorf.de
Thu Mar 13 14:08:50 EST 2008


On Tuesday 11 March 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I don't think so.  Mtrr is a really nasty x86-specific low-level
> interface.  There's not much point to generalize it.  The new change
> page attribute interface in 2.6.25 is a better highlevel interface
> but I'm not sure how suitable it is for axon.

Ok, I haven't seen this interface before, it's certainly worth taking
a closer look, but maybe not worry about it for now. The axon driver
does the same thing as many other drivers here, even though it's really
ugly.

	Arnd <><



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