On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:39:11 +0100 Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote: > > - Lots of cleanups from the x86 merge (making more and more use of > > common files), but also the big page attribute stuff is in and > > caused a fair amount of churn, and while most of the issues should > > have been very obvious and all got fixed, this is definitely one of > > those things that we want a lot of very wide testing of to make > > sure nothing regressed. > > Now that __ioremap isn't available anymore, is there anything in the > new pageattr stuff to replace a manual __ioremap with __PAGE_PCD or if you want uncached memory, use iorenmap_uncached... > __PAGE_PSE? or do we have to wait for 2.6.26 to bring PAT support? I __PAGE_PSE is the large page bit... that should be managed by the core for sure. (yes I know that the same bit may have different meanings, but it's not __PAGE_PSE then). PAT has a bunch of complications that really need to be resolved in the core (eg how to deal with aliases etc etc) > don't see any new function accepting random page attributes as > __ioremap did. correct -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use [EMAIL PROTECTED] For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
