linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] esp_scsi: De-duplicate PIO routines

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Date:   Sun, 14 Oct 2018 12:55:57 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] esp_scsi: De-duplicate PIO routines

Hi Finn,

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 8:35 AM Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:
> As a temporary measure, the code to implement PIO transfers was
> duplicated in zorro_esp and mac_esp. Now that it has stabilized
> move the common code into the core driver but don't build it unless
> needed.
>
> This replaces the inline assembler with more portable writesb() calls.
> Optimizing the m68k writesb() implementation is a separate patch.
>
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@...oo.com>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
> Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ config SCSI_DMA
>         bool
>         default n
>
> +config SCSI_ESP_PIO
> +       bool
> +       default n

"default n" is the default, so please drop this line.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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