Hi, > > Yeah so that other trick I'm talking about is also used for timing > accuracy. > > For example, let's say I have a device with a reset bit and the spec > says the reset bit needs to be set for at least 10us. > > This is wrong: > > writel(1, RESET_REG); > usleep(10); > writel(0, RESET_REG); > > Because of write posting, the first write might arrive to the device > right before the second one. > Does not write posting only concern PCI? This seems to be a different topic. Furthermore write posting should not include write reordering... Regards, Lino -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
