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From: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@techveda.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com
Subject: Machine specific static mappings iotable_init(), are they required ?
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 18:49:52 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0d03054-b583-2d6b-aa32-e0f453767b88@techveda.org> (raw)

Hi,

I am trying to port a machine based on arm926 with MMU, having 64MB of RAM.  

I am trying to understand the difference between: 

machine specific static I/O mappings which are done via iotable_init()
(done via callback .map_io in DT_MACHINE_START) and 
dynamic I/O mappings done via ioremap()

In the kernel docs/mailing list, I have encountered a statement which states:

"with machine specific static I/O mappings which are done via iotable_init(), 
registers can be mapped at the upper end of vmalloc area so that one can use as
little of the VA space as possible so vmalloc and friends have a better chance of 
getting memory"

I am writing board initialization C file and got stuck at .map_io callback function,
whether to define it or not. If yes, under what scenario should I do it

now-a-days I think less boards are using iotable_init(). (is this defunct) ? 
I might be wrong here

Can't I use ioremap and do dynamic mappings when ever required via device tree ?
If I do so will I encounter any problems with vmalloc area.


Thanks & Regards
-- 
Suniel Mahesh

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