linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/19] ide: use PIO/MMIO operations directly where possible

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:16:03 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/19] ide: use PIO/MMIO operations directly where possible

Hello.

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> [PATCH] ide: use PIO/MMIO operations directly where possible

> This results in smaller/faster/simpler code and allows future optimizations.
> Also remove no longer needed ide[_mm]_{inl,outl}() and ide_hwif_t.{INL,OUTL}.

> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

> Index: a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a.orig/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> +++ a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int hpt374_ide_dma_test_irq(ide_d
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	dma_stat = hwif->INB(hwif->dma_status);
> +	dma_stat = inb(hwif->dma_status);
>  	/* return 1 if INTR asserted */
>  	if (dma_stat & 4)
>  		return 1;

    Hmm... this driver *still* has a lot more indirect I/O accessors -- I 
wonder why only this one had been converted then?

MBR, Sergei

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