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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/3] IB/qib: use arch_phys_wc_add()
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Marciniszyn, Mike
> <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com> wrote:
>>> > This driver already makes use of ioremap_wc() on PIO buffers, so
>>> > convert it to use arch_phys_wc_add().
>>>
>>> This is probably OK, but I think you should also remove the qib_wc_pat module
>>> parameter.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>> Revise based on Jason's request and I will do some testing.
>
> I did thiink about this -- but removal of module parameters can often
> times break users of the module parameter, I figured its best to leave
> it to you guys to decide what to do with that, so this leaves it as a
> no-op. Can this series be applied and then you can decide what to do
> to not affect your users on top of this?

As of a few kernel versions ago, unrecognized module parameters no
longer cause the module to refuse to load.

--Andy

>
> Luis



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Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC


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