From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] asm-generic: io: remove {read,write} string functions
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:23:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F9AC806.60608@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335523376-14695-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>
On 04/27/2012 03:42 AM, 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.
Why is that? ioread/write are great if the address space is undefined,
but do we need the extra overhead in any other cases?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-27 16:24 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 ` [PATCH 1/2] asm-generic: io: remove {read,write} " Arnd Bergmann
2012-04-27 16:17 ` 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 [this message]
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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