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    nvdimm/blk: Delete the block-aperture window driver · f8669f1d
    Dan Williams 提交于
    Block Aperture Window support was an attempt to layer an error model
    over PMEM for platforms that did not support machine-check-recovery.
    However, it was abandoned before it ever shipped, and only ever existed
    in the ACPI specification. Meanwhile Linux has carried a large pile of
    dead code for non-shipping infrastructure. For years it has been off to
    the side out of the way, but now CXL and recent directions with DAX
    support have the potential to collide with this code.
    
    In preparation for adding discontiguous namespace support, a
    pre-requisite for the nvdimm subsystem to replace device-mapper for
    striping + concatenation use cases, delete BLK aperture support.
    
    On the obscure chance that some hardware vendor shipped support for this
    mode, note that the driver will still keep BLK space reserved in the
    label area. So an end user in this case would still have the opportunity
    to report the regression to get BLK-mode support restored without
    risking the data they have on that device.
    Reviewed-by: NChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164688416668.2879318.16903178375774275120.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.comSigned-off-by: NDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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