From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Nick Thompson <nick.thompson@ge.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:57:52 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Convert {in,
	out}s[bwl] to inline functions
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On 27/09/11 11:21, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:31:15 AM Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Dear Marek Vasut,
>>
>> In message <1317062895-3847-1-git-send-email-marek.vasut@gmail.com> you wrote:
>>> The size of uboot binary grows by a few bytes, but the gain (better type
>>> checking) is worth it.
>> And what _exactly_ are "a few bytes" ?
> Nevermind, it must have been some kind of a fluctuation yesterday. Right now, I 
> made a new measurement and the size didn't change with/without the patch (this 
> is more what I'd expect to happen).
>
> Cheers

Pure speculation on my part, but /could/ this be because ARM drivers don't tend
to use these macros/functions. write[bwl] and the like are much more common. I
don't know this to be a fact though.

Nick.