Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:56:58 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] readX_relaxed interface | From | (Jesse Barnes) |
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 02:16:40PM -0800, Grant Grundler wrote: > Outside the context of PCI-X Relaxed Ordering, this violates PCI > ordering rules. Any patches to drivers *using* the new readb() > variants in effect work around this violation. I"m ok with that - just > want it to be clear.
Yep, that's an advantage of this API--you only use it when you know it's ok to violate those rules.
> PCI-X support will need a different interface > (eg pcix_enable_relaxed_ordering()) to support > it's form of "Relaxed Ordering".
Right, seperate issue.
> > If it looks ok, I'll add in macros for the other arches and send it out > > for inclusion. > > It looks ok to me.
Great, thanks.
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