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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	Bernhard Froemel <froemel@vmars.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] apple_gmux: Add support for newer hardware
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:36:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120813213607.GB27838@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120813210444.GJ24088@thinkpad-t410>

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 04:04:44PM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > +
> > +	while (i && (gwr & 0x01)) {
> > +		inb(gmux_data->iostart + GMUX_PORT_READ);
> > +		gwr = inb(gmux_data->iostart + GMUX_PORT_WRITE);
> > +		msleep(100);
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense if the msleep was before reading the port
> again? Otherwise there's no substantial dely between the first and
> second times we read it.

Mm. I'm doing the same as the ACPI implementation - it may be that 
reading GMUX_PORT_READ triggers the update of GMUX_PORT_WRITE? Hard to 
know without the docs.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-13 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-13 20:20 [PATCH 1/2] gmux: Add generic write32 function Matthew Garrett
2012-08-13 20:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] apple_gmux: Add support for newer hardware Matthew Garrett
2012-08-13 21:04   ` Seth Forshee
2012-08-13 21:36     ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2012-08-13 22:03       ` Seth Forshee
2012-08-13 20:49 ` [PATCH 1/2] gmux: Add generic write32 function Seth Forshee
2012-08-13 21:32   ` Matthew Garrett
2012-08-13 20:55 ` Seth Forshee

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