linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] revert ath5k ioread32()/iowrite32() usage

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Message-ID: <46F054D4.5090006@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:44:36 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] revert ath5k ioread32()/iowrite32() usage - use	readl()/writel(),
 we're MMIO-only

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> To be more precise, a platform has every right to return some kind of
> "token" from ioport_map/pci_iomap that encodes the type of address, and
> that is -different- from what a normal ioremap does. In which case, you
> will -not- be able to use readb/writeb & cie on such a token.
> 
> The fact that current implementations seem to return something for MMIO
> that is equivalent to what ioremap returns is an accident and cannot be
> relied upon.


Fair enough.  It's easy enough to change ath5k to using ioremap (or 
pci_ioremap).

	Jeff


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