On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.k...@hp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 21:35 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> :
>> +
>> +static int nd_mem_init(struct nd_bus *nd_bus)
>> +{
>> + struct nd_spa *nd_spa;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * For each SPA-DCR address range find its corresponding
>> + * MEMDEV(s). From each MEMDEV find the corresponding DCR.
>> + * Then, try to find a SPA-BDW and a corresponding BDW that
>> + * references the DCR. Throw it all into an nd_mem object.
>> + * Note, that BDWs are optional.
>> + */
>> + list_for_each_entry(nd_spa, &nd_bus->spas, list) {
>> + u16 spa_index = readw(&nd_spa->nfit_spa->spa_index);
>> + int type = nfit_spa_type(nd_spa->nfit_spa);
>> + struct nd_mem *nd_mem, *found;
>> + struct nd_memdev *nd_memdev;
>> + u16 dcr_index;
>> +
>> + if (type != NFIT_SPA_DCR)
>> + continue;
>
> This function requires NFIT_SPA_DCR, SPA Range Structure with NVDIMM
> Control Region GUID, for initializing an nd_mem object. However,
> battery-backed DIMMs do not have such control region SPA. IIUC, the
> NFIT spec does not require NFIT_SPA_DCR.
>
> Can you change this function to work with NFIT_SPA_PM as well?
NFIT_SPA_PM ranges are handled separately from nd_mem_init(). See
nd_region_create() in patch 10.
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