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

Bjorn Helgaas
2015-04-02T22:35:54Z

[-cc Venkatesh, Suresh]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> 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@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
>> > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>

>> > 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