netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] smc91x: always use 8-bit access if necessary

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:42:47 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] smc91x: always use 8-bit access if necessary

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:33:08 PM CEST Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> 
> This is insufficient.  If you look at how SMC_REG works, you'll notice
> that it has side effects which can disrupt other accesses (it reads
> the bank register if debugging is enabled.)

Ok, got it.

	Arnd