Re: [PATCH] Wistron laptop button driver

From: Miloslav Trmac
Date: Thu Sep 08 2005 - 04:38:11 EST


Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On 9/7/05, Miloslav Trmac <mitr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>+static int __init map_bios(void)
>>+{
>>+ static const unsigned char __initdata signature[]
>>+ = { 0x42, 0x21, 0x55, 0x30 };
>>+
>>+ void __iomem *base;
>>+ size_t offset;
>>+ uint32_t entry_point;
>>+
>>+ base = ioremap(0xF0000, 0x10000); /* Can't fail */
>
> How come? ioremap can return NULL if, for example, we run out of memory.
Not with these values:
> /*
> * Don't remap the low PCI/ISA area, it's always mapped..
> */
> if (phys_addr >= ISA_START_ADDRESS && last_addr < ISA_END_ADDRESS)
> return (void __iomem *) phys_to_virt(phys_addr);

Mirek
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