linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] tty/serial: at91: fix some macro definitions to fit coding style

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:53:19 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
	nicolas.ferre@...el.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	wenyou.yang@...el.com, ludovic.desroches@...el.com,
	leilei.zhao@...el.com, josh.wu@...el.com,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	galak@...eaurora.org, ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk,
	mark.rutland@....com, pawel.moll@....com, robh+dt@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] tty/serial: at91: fix some macro definitions to
 fit coding style

On 30/06/2015 at 22:28:42 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
> On Tuesday 30 June 2015 16:05:15 Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> > +#define UART_PUT_CR(port, v)   __raw_writel(v, (port)->membase + ATMEL_US_CR)
> > +#define UART_GET_MR(port)      __raw_readl((port)->membase + ATMEL_US_MR)
> > +#define UART_PUT_MR(port, v)   __raw_writel(v, (port)->membase + ATMEL_US_MR)
> > +#define UART_PUT_IER(port, v)  __raw_writel(v, (port)->membase + ATMEL_US_IER)
> > 
> 
> How about removing these macros entirely? I'm not aware of other drivers
> doing it like this, and it does not seem to add any value?
> 
> At the same time, you could use readl_relaxed() to make the driver
> endian-safe.
> 

I think using readl_relaxed() would break avr32.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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