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Message-ID: <2bd53bbc-b8de-e616-b4ee-412330910a34@codethink.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 09:09:34 +0100
From:	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
To:	Matthew Leach <matthew@...tleach.net>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/15] Exynos big-endian fixes

On 08/06/16 19:30, Matthew Leach wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been working with Ben Dooks to get a big-endian kernel working on
> my Exynos 4412 board.  Primarily this series consists of:
> 
>   - Replacing the __raw_{read,write}l accessors, which aren't
>     endian-clean, with their respective {read,write}l_relaxed versions
>     across various drivers.
> 
>   - Adding endian-aware {set,clear}_bit functions to the Exynos serial
>     driver as the __{set,clear}_bit() functions aren't endian-clean.
> 
>   - Make the low-level Exynos debug printing macros endian-clean.
> 
> There may well be other things that are broken under BE that we've not
> tested but this series should be enough to allow a board to boot
> user-space to a login prompt.

The only nit is the use of "be", it would be nicer to either use
BE8 consistently, or go for "big endian".

-- 
Ben Dooks				http://www.codethink.co.uk/
Senior Engineer				Codethink - Providing Genius

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