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From: "Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Subject: Re: doubt in e1000_io_write()
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:41:37 -0800
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Jeba Anandhan wrote:
> Hi all,
> i have doubt in e1000_io_write().
> 
> void
> e1000_io_write(struct e1000_hw *hw, unsigned long port, uint32_t value)
> {
>         outl(value, port);
> }
> 
> 
> kernel version: 2.6.12.3
> 
> 
> Even hw structure has not been used, why it has been passed into
> e1000_io_write function?

2.6.12.3? why do you care? that code is probably long gone... was that function
even used?