> Tried looking at how in*()/out*() are defined on x86? Tried looking at how ide_mm_inb is defined on x86 > > It's already making function calls, without the benefit of inlining and > > I'm afraid you're wrong here. I'm afraid you are the one who is wrong. The IDE layer is duplicating a generic level of indirection with its own code - purely because IDE pre-dates that core functionality. The whole IDE layer indirection can go away because Linux has caught up with the needs of the IDE layer. Alan -- 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