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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:51:40 -0500
To: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Recently removed io accessors
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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 01:57:03PM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> PM> code up a loop of readw (or equivalent) in the driver with a big
> PM> comment explaining why you need to do it that way.
> 
> It doesn't have to be readw (16bit accesses). Enabling the BE mode and
> using _outsl/_insl (32bit access with byteswap) works fine.

I think Paul was trrying to say that it might be easier just to 
16-bit words. Are you trying to use 32-bit access due to performance
concerns?

--linas