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Message-ID: <002701cb7994$81db1350$66f8800a@maildom.okisemi.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:15:01 +0900
From:	"Tomoya MORINAGA" <tomoya-linux@....okisemi.com>
To:	"Marc Kleine-Budde" <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	"Wolfgang Grandegger" <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Wolfram Sang" <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	"Christian Pellegrin" <chripell@...e.org>,
	"Barry Song" <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	"Samuel Ortiz" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	<socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <andrew.chih.howe.khor@...el.com>,
	<qi.wang@...el.com>, <margie.foster@...el.com>,
	<yong.y.wang@...el.com>,
	"Masayuki Ohtake" <masa-korg@....okisemi.com>,
	<kok.howg.ewe@...el.com>, <joel.clark@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v2] can: Topcliff: PCH_CAN driver: Fix build warnings

On Friday, October 29, 2010 9:57 PM : Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>>>> SW must check busy flag of CAN register.
>>>> This is a Topcliff HW specification.
>>> Maybe the busy check could also be done *before* the Message RAM is
>>> accessed to avoid (or minimize) waiting.
>> Yes, *before* is right.
>> If there is *after* processing, this is a bug.
>> Can you see anyway ?
>Sorry I don't understand what you mean.

Sorry, my English had mistake. I show my comment below again.
 - If there is *after* processing, this is a bug.
 - Can you see the point anywhere ?

> You probably know the datasheet, but I don't, although I've printed
> chapter 13 from the Intel Controller Hub EG20T datasheet, but it's 50+
> pages. If the hardware needs the busy waiting in the hot tx path a
> pointer to the respective section in the manual is a good idea. Just
> something like:

Though "Oliver Hartkopp" found the place of Datasheet EG20T and notified with the mailing-list,
Have you read the following ?
http://edc.intel.com/Platforms/Atom-E6xx/#hardware

>>> You have to change the definition of the regs struct a bit:
>>>>  u32 if1_mcont;
>>>>  u32 if1_data[4];
>>>>  u32 reserve2;
>> Uh, I can't find this. Where is this ?
>Here's a patch to illustrate what I meant:
I understand.


Thanks, Tomoya(OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.)
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