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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:11:14 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] minor processor.h cleanup
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>>>>> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:38:36 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> said:

  Bjorn> I don't feel strongly either way.  The comment "Cannot write
  Bjorn> to CRx with PSR.ic=1" preceding the ia64_itr() call just
  Bjorn> wasn't obvious to me and it seemed like a good opportunity
  Bjorn> for someone to screw up when calling ia64_itr().

That's true, but they'll notice _very_ quickly if they miss that
(instant fault...).

Perhaps we should have a higher-level convenience-routine which does
all the psr.ic magic.  That would be fine with me.

	--david