Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] IB/qib: use arch_phys_wc_add()

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Tue Apr 21 2015 - 17:15:26 EST


On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Marciniszyn, Mike
>> <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > This driver already makes use of ioremap_wc() on PIO buffers, so
>>>> > convert it to use arch_phys_wc_add().
>>>>
>>>> This is probably OK, but I think you should also remove the qib_wc_pat module
>>>> parameter.
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>
>>> Revise based on Jason's request and I will do some testing.
>>
>> I did thiink about this -- but removal of module parameters can often
>> times break users of the module parameter, I figured its best to leave
>> it to you guys to decide what to do with that, so this leaves it as a
>> no-op. Can this series be applied and then you can decide what to do
>> to not affect your users on top of this?
>
> As of a few kernel versions ago, unrecognized module parameters no
> longer cause the module to refuse to load.

Sexy, I'll respin the changes only to the qib driver. Can the changes
to ipath still be applied?

Luis
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