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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 09:08:45 -0700
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: ioremap() vs. ioremap_nocache()
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>>>>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:51:45 +0100 (BST), Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:

  >> >>>>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:18:07 +0100 (BST), Alan Cox
  >> <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
  >> 
  >> Can you tell me what the answer is to this question?

  >> When is a programmer supposed to use ioremap()
  >> vs. ioremap_nocache().

  Alan> You should never need ioremap_nocache for anything
  Alan> non-ultraweird.

Then who added it and why?

	--david