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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:53:25 +0100
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Hi Andy,

Le Friday 15 January 2016 à 08:27 -0800, Andy Lutomirski a écrit :
> FWIW, especially if we consider mapping it persistently, maybe we
> should use ioremap_prot and map it both cached and ro.
> 
> Actually, switching to a cached mapping regardless of persistence
> could noticeably help boot times.  UC accesses are very, very slow.

Sorry if it is obvious for everybody else, but what does "UC accesses"
mean?

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Jean Delvare
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