linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] gpio: tegra: Use generic readl_relaxed/writel

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Date:   Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:34:01 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] gpio: tegra: Use generic
 readl_relaxed/writel_relaxed accessors

19.12.2019 18:57, Ben Dooks пишет:
> On 19/12/2019 11:01, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> niedz., 15 gru 2019 o 19:31 Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
>> napisał(a):
>>>
>>> There is no point in using old-style raw accessors, the generic
>>> accessors
>>> do the same thing and also take into account CPU endianness. Tegra
>>> SoCs do
>>> not support big-endian mode in the upstream kernel, but let's switch
>>> away
>>> from the outdated things anyway, just to keep code up-to-date.
> 
> Good idea, I think I got most of the way to booting a tegra jetson board
> with a big endian image a few years ago, but never got time to finish
> the work.
> 

Thanks, I remember yours effort in regards to the upstreaming big endian
support for Jetson :) You were pretty close back then, but Thierry had a
different opinion in regards to maintaining that support in terms of
having extra testing burden.