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SubjectRe: [PATCH take #5] [libata] libata driver for bf548 on chip ATAPI controller.
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 8/16/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On 8/16/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>>>> Sonic Zhang wrote:
>>>>> +static void bfin_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> + int mode = adev->pio_mode - XFER_PIO_0;
>>>>> + unsigned long base = (unsigned long)ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr;
>>>> (added Bryan Wu to CC)
>>>>
>>>> Someone needs to need fix the bfin architecture: the addresses on the
>>>> bfin_read/bfin_write functions should be 'void __iomem *' not unsigned long.
>>> there are no address pointers anymore, so there is nothing to cast ...
>>> the bfin_read/bfin_write macros are done in sexy asm:
>>> #define bfin_write8(addr,val) __asm__ __volatile__("b[%0] = %1;" ::
>>> "a"(addr), "d"(val))
>>> or i'm misunderstanding what you mean ...
>>>
>>> where do you see (unsigned long) ?
>> Look up (into the message you quoted).
>
> yes, you quoted the driver, not the Blackfin core parts
>
>> Regardless of the implementation, the C type system should be employed
>> to ensure that 'addr' is known to the compiler as 'void __iomem *'
>> rather than unsigned long.
>
> i agree the specific pata driver should be declared the way you
> described, however i dont see how that has bearing on the
> bfin_read/bfin_write macros as you seemed to indicate

Macros completely ignore the C type system. Look at other architectures
if you cannot figure out how to implement a static inline with stronger
typing.

Jeff



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