Re: [uml-user] [PATCH] include/asm-generic/io.h: add 'UML' case just like 'no-MMU'

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Richard Weinberger <ri...@no...> wrote:
>> Since the API itself already contents the meaning: "return NULL means
>> the arch has no related io memory",

No, NULL means it could not map the I/O memory.

>> Why not define a generic dummy one in "include/asm-generic/io.h" instead
>> of "HAS_IOMEM" (which has already spread many various places, and also,
>> most of new drivers have to know about it).
>>
>> e.g: in "include/asm-generic/io.h", if "CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=n", define a
>> dummy ioremap() which return NULL ... (also need consider more details).
>
> Because we don't even want to build these drivers and not make them fail while
> executing io memory related functions.

Indeed, it doesn't make sense to build drivers that cannot work.
And they may fail in a very bad way.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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