Baoquan He [off-list ref] writes:
ioremap_uc() is only meaningful on old x86-32 systems with the PAT
extension, and on ia64 with its slightly unconventional ioremap()
behavior, everywhere else this is the same as ioremap() anyway.
Here, remove the ioremap_uc() definition in architecutures other
than x86 and ia64. These architectures all have asm-generic/io.h
included and will have the default ioremap_uc() definition which
returns NULL.
Note: This changes the existing behaviour and could break code
calling ioremap_uc(). If any ARCH meets this breakage and really
needs a specific ioremap_uc() for its own usage, one ioremap_uc()
can be added in the ARCH.
I see one use in:
drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c: par->ati_regbase = ioremap_uc(info->fix.mmio_start, 0x1000);
Which isn't obviously x86/ia64 specific.
I'm pretty sure some powermacs (powerpc) use that driver.
Maybe that exact code path is only reachable on x86/ia64? But if so
please explain why.
Otherwise it looks like this series could break that driver on powerpc
at least.
cheers