linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]

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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:07:51 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-am33-list@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]

Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> memory mapped registers should be read with readw and friends and that
> should contain the volatile not the public code.

Actually, I can think of a good reason for *not* doing that.  What I have at
the moment encodes the size of the register to be accessed in the type.  What
you're suggesting does not.

David
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