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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] asm-generic: io: remove {read,write} string functions
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:12:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201204271212.11205.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335523376-14695-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>

On Friday 27 April 2012, Will Deacon wrote:
> The {read,write}s{b,w,l} functions are not defined across all
> architectures and therefore shouldn't be used by portable drivers. We
> should encourage driver writers to use the io{read,write}{8,16,32}_rep
> functions instead.
> 
> This patch removes the {read,write} string functions for the generic IO
> header as they have no place in a new architecture port.

I think we need to put these functions back into the blackfin version,
basically reverting efb2d31c1c, but otherwise the patch looks good
to me.

	Arnd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-27 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-27 10:42 [PATCH 1/2] asm-generic: io: remove {read,write} string functions Will Deacon
2012-04-27 10:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] asm-generic: io: don't perform swab during {in,out} " Will Deacon
2012-04-27 12:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-04-27 16:18   ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-27 16:59     ` Will Deacon
2012-04-27 17:26       ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-27 12:12 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-04-27 16:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] asm-generic: io: remove {read,write} " Mike Frysinger
2012-04-27 16:53   ` Will Deacon
2012-04-27 17:18     ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-28  8:46     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-04-27 20:29   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-27 16:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-27 17:14   ` Will Deacon
2012-04-27 17:53     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-27 20:52       ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-04-27 23:26         ` Mike Frysinger
2012-05-01 13:34           ` Will Deacon
2012-05-01 14:40             ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-01 18:28             ` Mike Frysinger

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