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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/28] introduce I/O device memory read/write
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:12:44 +0000
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:53:57AM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 07:25:30AM +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> > patchset 14-28: Replace the raw readl/writel in the drivers with
> > new rte_read[b/w/l/q], rte_write[b/w/l/q] eal abstraction
> 
> Instead of rte_read[b/w/l/q], there is another typical naming style:
> rte_read[8/16/32/64]. Any preferences? If you ask me, I'd prefer the
> later.
> 
I think I prefer the latter too, as it aligns with our naming of atomic
functions and our use of uint16_t etc. types.

/Bruce