On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 08:54 +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> Seems that IOMMU_VMERGE option description gives the false
> information:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=126753808727669&w=2
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=126753880528825&w=2
> 
> IOMMU_VMERGE is unnecessary nowadays so how about removing it?

Except you didn't remove it, you just made it uneditable? Why not get
rid of it entirely.

cheers

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 155d571..2dfa83b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -314,17 +314,8 @@ config 8XX_MINIMAL_FPEMU
>         It is recommended that you build a soft-float userspace instead.
>  
>  config IOMMU_VMERGE
> -     bool "Enable IOMMU virtual merging"
> +     def_bool y
>       depends on PPC64
> -     default y
> -     help
> -       Cause IO segments sent to a device for DMA to be merged virtually
> -       by the IOMMU when they happen to have been allocated contiguously.
> -       This doesn't add pressure to the IOMMU allocator. However, some
> -       drivers don't support getting large merged segments coming back
> -       from *_map_sg().
> -
> -       Most drivers don't have this problem; it is safe to say Y here.
>  
>  config IOMMU_HELPER
>       def_bool PPC64


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