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SubjectRe: [PATCH] revert ath5k ioread32()/iowrite32() usage - use readl()/writel(), we're MMIO-only
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> To be more precise, a platform has every right to return some kind of
> "token" from ioport_map/pci_iomap that encodes the type of address, and
> that is -different- from what a normal ioremap does. In which case, you
> will -not- be able to use readb/writeb & cie on such a token.
>
> The fact that current implementations seem to return something for MMIO
> that is equivalent to what ioremap returns is an accident and cannot be
> relied upon.


Fair enough. It's easy enough to change ath5k to using ioremap (or
pci_ioremap).

Jeff


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