From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au Cc: dgatwood@mvista.com, Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, linux-fbdev@vuser.vu.union.edu, rth@cygnus.com Subject: Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: readl() and friends and eieio on PPC References: <199908152316.JAA02196@tango.anu.edu.au> From: Jes Sorensen Date: 16 Aug 1999 09:11:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: Paul Mackerras's message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:16:47 +1000" Message-ID: Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Mackerras writes: Paul> Jes Sorensen wrote: >> Defininf a C function with the name of a PPC specific assembler >> function is pretty stupid. To the best of my knowledge wmb() is the >> generic name for the thing you are looking for. Paul> Not exactly, in fact iobarrier() is probably better. Hmmmm Probably right, as long as it is made clear that iobarrier() means memory mapped I/O and not I/O mapped I/O. The name is easy to misunderstand IMHO. Other than that I agree, question is whether we need to add more functions - it seems we are already overly confused. Jes [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]