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Subject: Is volatile always verboten for FSL QE structures?
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Just wondering - is there a case where using volatile for UCC parameter RAM for example will not work, or is the use of I/O accessors everywhere an attempt to be portable to other architectures?

I'm asking because I really want to know ;)

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