linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:53:11 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>>>    Tried looking at how in*()/out*() are defined on x86?

>>Tried looking at how ide_mm_inb is defined on x86

>>>>It's already making function calls, without the benefit of inlining and

>>>    I'm afraid you're wrong here.

>>I'm afraid you are the one who is wrong. The IDE layer is duplicating a
>>generic level of indirection with its own code - purely because IDE
>>pre-dates that core functionality. The whole IDE layer indirection can go
>>away because Linux has caught up with the needs of the IDE layer.

> I wish it would be so simple as I would have removed the said indirection
> long time ago.  Unfortunately:

> - not all archs support ioread() & co.

> - there is still issue with cache aliasing on some CPUs

    Yep, look at MIPS for an example.

> Thanks,
> Bart

MBR, Sergei
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