[patch 0/6] ps3vram driver patches

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Jan 8 06:53:05 EST 2009


On Wednesday 07 January 2009, Geoff Levand wrote:

> Geert and I were discussing actually removing the direct write to the XDR
> memory, and so the need for that ioremap, as the mapping is just used in
> ps3vram_erase(), which seems could be removed.

Ah, I see. I also forgot to mention that the ioremap_flags change should
only be done for actual memory regions, but *not* for memory mapped I/O
registers.

> I want to get it converted to a block device, and I will work towards
> that, but it will take some time.  As it is, it is very useful for typical
> systems that are running full desktops like gmome or KDE and do a lot of
> swapping.  Many of the distros now use it, and users want it.

Yes, fine by me.

	Arnd <><



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