> But, having those flushes won't hurt either. What was the conclusion of > mmio <-> spinlock sync discussion? I always feel kind of uncomfortable > about readl() flushes. I think they're too subtle. those are orthogonal! The posting flushes have nothing to do with spinlock-vs-mmio; that discussion was about the CPU, while posting flushes are about the chipset / bridges / etc.... > -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html