> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:11:33 -0700 Grant Grundler wrote:
...
>> +4.1 Stop IRQs on the device
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +How to do this is chip/device specific. If it's not done, it opens
>> +the possibility of a "screaming interrupt" if (and only if)
>> +the IRQ is shared with another device.
>> +
>> +When the shared IRQ handler is "unhoooked", the remaining devices
^^^
-> unhooked
...
>> +11. MMIO Space and "Write Posting"
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +Converting a driver from using I/O Port space to using MMIO space
>> +often requires some additional changes. Specifically, "write posting"
>> +needs to be handled. Many drivers (e.g. tg3, acenic, sym53c8xx_2)
>> +already do. I/O Port space guarantees write transactions reach the PCI
>
> already do this.
>
>> +device before the CPU can continue. Writes to MMIO space allow to CPU
^^
>> +continue before the transaction reaches the PCI device. HW weenies
^
-> allow the CPU to continue
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