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    libnvdimm, pmem: add libnvdimm support to the pmem driver · 9f53f9fa
    Dan Williams authored
    nd_pmem attaches to persistent memory regions and namespaces emitted by
    the libnvdimm subsystem, and, same as the original pmem driver, presents
    the system-physical-address range as a block device.
    
    The existing e820-type-12 to pmem setup is converted to an nvdimm_bus
    that emits an nd_namespace_io device.
    
    Note that the X in 'pmemX' is now derived from the parent region.  This
    provides some stability to the pmem devices names from boot-to-boot.
    The minor numbers are also more predictable by passing 0 to
    alloc_disk().
    
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
    Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRoss Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Tested-by: default avatarToshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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