linux-kernel - Re: lib/iomap.c mmio_{in,out}s* vs. __raw

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Message-ID: <20061104140559.GC19760@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:06:00 +0000
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: lib/iomap.c mmio_{in,out}s* vs. __raw_* accessors

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 06:52:41PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> In fact, I would be very very very much in favor of, instead of the
> above, defining a set of:
> 
> readsb, readsw, readsl, readsq
> writesb, writesw, writesl, writesq

ARM already has these.  Sounds like a good idea for everyone else to also
implement them. 8)

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
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