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> It's not exactly a well-established interface. Only five architectures
> define these functions, and there is not a single user in the kernel
> source outside of these architecture's io.h files.

That is because the drivers using them had them removed (eg I=C2=B2O) - mos=
tly
because "it didn't compile on power pc" 8(


Alan