linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 01/23] gpio/omap: raw read and write endian fix

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:29:02 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Taras Kondratiuk <taras.kondratiuk@...aro.org>,
	ext Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	Linux-OMAP <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	linaro-networking@...aro.org,
	Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@...aro.org>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 01/23] gpio/omap: raw read and write endian fix

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Taras Kondratiuk
<taras.kondratiuk@...aro.org> wrote:

> From: Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@...aro.org>
>
> All OMAP IP blocks expect LE data, but CPU may operate in BE mode.
> Need to use endian neutral functions to read/write h/w registers.
> I.e instead of __raw_read[lw] and __raw_write[lw] functions code
> need to use read[lw]_relaxed and write[lw]_relaxed functions.
> If the first simply reads/writes register, the second will byteswap
> it if host operates in BE mode.
>
> Changes are trivial sed like replacement of __raw_xxx functions
> with xxx_relaxed variant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Taras Kondratiuk <taras.kondratiuk@...aro.org>

Since I generally just dislike __raw accessors I went and applied
this. If it collides with any of Tony's fixup work I might need to
take the patch out again, no big deal.

Some ACKs would be nice, but unless there are major objections
this stays merged.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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