From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:22:35 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/67] powerpc: rename dma_direct_ to dma_nommu_ Message-Id: List-Id: References: <20171229081911.2802-1-hch@lst.de> <20171229081911.2802-17-hch@lst.de> <878tdgtwzp.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> In-Reply-To: <878tdgtwzp.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Michael Ellerman Cc: Christoph Hellwig , iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, Linux MIPS Mailing List , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Linux-sh list , sparclinux , Guan Xuetao , Linux-Arch , linux-s390 , linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, "open list:QUALCOMM HEXAGON..." , the arch/x86 maintainers , arcml , adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-m68k , patches@groups.riscv.org, "open list:METAG ARCHITECTURE" , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.orgMichalSimek On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Christoph Hellwig writes: > >> We want to use the dma_direct_ namespace for a generic implementation, >> so rename powerpc to the second best choice: dma_nommu_. > > I'm not a fan of "nommu". Some of the users of direct ops *are* using an > IOMMU, they're just setting up a 1:1 mapping once at init time, rather > than mapping dynamically. > > Though I don't have a good idea for a better name, maybe "1to1", > "linear", "premapped" ? "identity"? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds