linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] ARM: pxa: define clock registers as _

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:31:48 -0800
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] ARM: pxa: define clock registers as __iomem

On 01/29, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> We should not dereference registers as pointers, so use readl/writel
> instead for these registers.
> 
> The clock registers are accessed in multiple files, so we have to
> change them all at once.
> 
> I stumbled over these registers while looking at something unrelated.
> There are in fact other registers with the same problem, but I did
> not try to address those at this point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

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