Re: [PATCH v1 06/47] mtrr: add __arch_phys_wc_add()

[Bjorn Helgaas]

[-cc Venkatesh, Suresh]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:21:22PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
>> <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>

>> > This is *only* a transitive API -- and as such no new
>> > drivers are ever expected to use this.
>>
>> "transient"?  Do you mean you intend to remove this API in the near future?
>
> That's correct, the problem is that in order to use PAT cleanly we'd need to
> change these drivers ...

I was just trying to ask whether you intended to write "transient"
instead of "transitive."  But I'm not doing a very good job :)

Bjorn
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