[PATCH] mspec driver

Implement the special memory driver (mspec) based on the do_no_pfn
approach.  The driver is currently used only on SN2 hardware with special
fetchop support but could be beneficial on other architectures using the
uncached mode.
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

drivers/char/Kconfig

@@ -439,6 +439,14 @@ config SGI_MBCS
          If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
          say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
 
+config MSPEC
+	tristate "Memory special operations driver"
+	depends on IA64
+	help
+	  If you have an ia64 and you want to enable memory special
+	  operations support (formerly known as fetchop), say Y here,
+	  otherwise say N.
+
 source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
 
 config UNIX98_PTYS

drivers/char/Makefile

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_RTAS)		+= hvc_rtas.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER)	+= hvc_console.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)	+= raw.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SGI_SNSC)		+= snsc.o snsc_event.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MSPEC)		+= mspec.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMTIMER)		+= mmtimer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIOCONS)		+= viocons.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIOTAPE)		+= viotape.o