Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] m68k - add MVME147 SCSI base address to mvme147hw.h

[Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>]

Am 11.07.2022 um 20:45 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:16 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Am 11.07.2022 um 04:06 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
>>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 2:10 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think this should be an 'void *__iomem' token, not a plain integer.
>>> Apparently the driver internally uses a 'volatile void *', but some of
>>> the other front-ends are already converted to use __iomem.
>>
>> I'll pass the base address through a platform data struct in the next
>> version to address your other concerns. Haven't seen __iomem types used
>> in the other drivers - two are Zorro devices, and two platform devices
>> (a3000 and sgiwd93). Found no other wd33c93 drivers...
>
> Right, I noticed this as well. The ideal way to do this would be to change
> all of these files to use __iomem tokens consistently, and then use
> ioread32be()/iowrite32be() in place of the volatile pointer dereference.

On a second glance, the Amiga drivers _do_ use iomem types (ZTWO_VADDR() 
does the Right Thing, leaving this driver and SGI.

Changes in wd33c93.c proper (which I read your mail to suggest) would 
require actual hardware regression testing IMO. Not sure I can do that.

Cheers,

	Michael

>
> Maybe leave that for a follow-up series, you'll probably uncover
> more of these issues once you take that step.
>
>        Arnd
>