Re: [PATCH v3 01/12] misc: add driver for sequencer serial port

From: Cyril Chemparathy
Date: Fri Oct 22 2010 - 08:40:40 EST


On 10/21/2010 07:12 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> ...
>
>> +/* Register Access Helpers */
>> +static inline u32 ssp_read(struct ti_ssp *ssp, int reg)
>> +{
>> + return __raw_readl(ssp->regs + reg);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void ssp_write(struct ti_ssp *ssp, int reg, u32 val)
>> +{
>> + __raw_writel(val, ssp->regs + reg);
>> +}
>
> Why are the __raw functions used here?
>

These registers are to be accessed native endian at all times, and
therefore the le32 conversion done otherwise is inappropriate.

Thanks for the feedback. I will post an updated series with these changes.

Regards
Cyril.
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