[PATCH 1/1] rtas_flash_4gig

[John Rose]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 22:59, Paul Mackerras wrote:
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> Since this is happening at reboot time, I suggest we copy the block
> list into rtas_rmo_buf.  

It's less complex to use rtas_rmo_buf exclusively for userspace.  I'm
against introducing kernel use of rtas_rmo_buf, even at reboot time.  If
we did, it would be proper to add a kernel lock to synchronize access to
it, but then userspace apps have no way to take that lock when
mmap()'ing /dev/mem.

This seems like overkill for a situation we've never actually
encountered, imho.

John