Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: Status on ioremap patch

David Mosberger
2004-03-03T22:58:35Z

>>>>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:12:33 +0100 (CET), Hugo Kohmann <hugo@dolphinics.no> said:

Hugo> supports some kind of kernel write-combine, why not IA64 ??

I don't think anybody has anything _against_ adding such a feature, if
done properly ("properly" ~= the resulting interface must be safe and
prevent memory-attribute conflicts). AFAIR, the last patch didn't
address the memory-attribute issue at all, so it wasn't fit for
general use.

--david