Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] mtd: rawnand: Add NAND controller support on Intel LGM SoC

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On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 2:57 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 1:43 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 2:39 PM Ramuthevar, Vadivel MuruganX
> > <vadivel.muruganx.ramuthevar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 15/5/2020 10:30 pm, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:25 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:48 PM kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > > iowrite_be32() is the correct way to store word into a big-endian mmio register,
> > > > if that is the intention here.
> > > Thank you for suggestions to use iowrite32be(), it suits exactly.
> >
> > Can you before doing this comment what is the real intention here?
> >
> > And note, if you are going to use iowrite*() / ioread*() in one place,
> > you will probably need to replace all of the read*() / write*() to
> > respective io* API.
>
> The way that ioread/iowrite are defined, they are required to be a superset
> of what readl/writel do and can take __iomem pointers from either
> ioremap() or ioport_map()/pci_iomap() style mappings, while readl/writel
> are only required to work with ioremap().
>
> There is no technical requirement to stick to one set or the other for
> ioremap(), but the overhead of ioread/iowrite is also small enough
> that it generally does not hurt.

Right, my suggestion is solely for consistency. It would be a bit
weird to see readl() along with ioread32() in the same driver (in case
there are no differentiated callbacks specifically for different type
of IP).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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