From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cyril@ti.com (Cyril Chemparathy) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:39:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH v3 01/12] misc: add driver for sequencer serial port In-Reply-To: <20101021161224.b4c0b623.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <1287694873-12904-1-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> <1287694873-12904-2-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> <20101021161224.b4c0b623.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: <4CC18605.80007@ti.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 10/21/2010 07:12 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > > ... > >> +/* Register Access Helpers */ >> +static inline u32 ssp_read(struct ti_ssp *ssp, int reg) >> +{ >> + return __raw_readl(ssp->regs + reg); >> +} >> + >> +static inline void ssp_write(struct ti_ssp *ssp, int reg, u32 val) >> +{ >> + __raw_writel(val, ssp->regs + reg); >> +} > > Why are the __raw functions used here? > These registers are to be accessed native endian at all times, and therefore the le32 conversion done otherwise is inappropriate. Thanks for the feedback. I will post an updated series with these changes. Regards Cyril.