From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anton Blanchard Subject: Re: [PATCH 38 of 39] IB/ipath - More changes to support InfiniPath on PowerPC 970 systems Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:25:06 +1000 Message-ID: <20060703222506.GD31081@krispykreme> References: <20060629.145319.71091846.davem@davemloft.net> <1151618499.10886.26.camel@chalcedony.pathscale.com> <20060629.150417.78710870.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: bos@pathscale.com, akpm@osdl.org, rdreier@cisco.com, mst@mellanox.co.il, openib-general@openib.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, matthew@wil.cx Return-path: Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:48305 "EHLO ozlabs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750834AbWGCW1X (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:27:23 -0400 To: David Miller Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060629.150417.78710870.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi, > Please fix the generic code if it doesn't provide the facility > you need at the moment. Don't shoe horn it into your driver > just to make up for that. Ive had 3 drivers asking for write combining recently so I agree this is a good idea. How about ioremap_wc as suggested by Willy: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114374741828040&w=2 Anton