Using assembler code for performance in drivers might have been a good
idea 15 years ago when this code was written, but with today's compilers
that's unlikely to be an advantage.
Besides this, it also hurts the readability.
Simply use the C code that was already there as an alternative.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This patch was already sent on:
- 6 Jan 2007
drivers/scsi/Makefile | 2
drivers/scsi/seagate.c | 148 -----------------------------------------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 149 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.20-rc3-mm1/drivers/scsi/Makefile.old 2007-01-05 23:01:12.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc3-mm1/drivers/scsi/Makefile 2007-01-05 23:01:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
CFLAGS_aha152x.o = -DAHA152X_STAT -DAUTOCONF
CFLAGS_gdth.o = # -DDEBUG_GDTH=2 -D__SERIAL__ -D__COM2__ -DGDTH_STATISTICS
-CFLAGS_seagate.o = -DARBITRATE -DPARITY -DSEAGATE_USE_ASM
+CFLAGS_seagate.o = -DARBITRATE -DPARITY
subdir-$(CONFIG_PCMCIA) += pcmcia
--- linux-2.6.20-rc3-mm1/drivers/scsi/seagate.c.old 2007-01-05 23:02:03.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc3-mm1/drivers/scsi/seagate.c 2007-01-05 23:03:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
* -DPARITY
* This will enable parity.
*
- * -DSEAGATE_USE_ASM
- * Will use older seagate assembly code. should be (very small amount)
- * Faster.
- *
* -DSLOW_RATE=50
* Will allow compatibility with broken devices that don't
* handshake fast enough (ie, some CD ROM's) for the Seagate
@@ -132,10 +128,6 @@
#error Please use -DCONTROLLER=SEAGATE or -DCONTROLLER=FD to override controller type
#endif
-#ifndef __i386__
-#undef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
-#endif
-
/*
Thanks to Brian Antoine for the example code in his Messy-Loss ST-01
driver, and Mitsugu Suzuki for information on the ST-01
@@ -539,9 +531,6 @@
#ifdef PARITY
" PARITY"
#endif
-#ifdef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
- " SEAGATE_USE_ASM"
-#endif
#ifdef SLOW_RATE
" SLOW_RATE"
#endif
@@ -1139,30 +1128,7 @@
data);
/* SJT: Start. Fast Write */
-#ifdef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
- __asm__ ("cld\n\t"
-#ifdef FAST32
- "shr $2, %%ecx\n\t"
- "1:\t"
- "lodsl\n\t"
- "movl %%eax, (%%edi)\n\t"
-#else
- "1:\t"
- "lodsb\n\t"
- "movb %%al, (%%edi)\n\t"
-#endif
- "loop 1b;"
- /* output */ :
- /* input */ :"D" (st0x_dr),
- "S"
- (data),
- "c" (SCint->transfersize)
-/* clobbered */
- : "eax", "ecx",
- "esi");
-#else /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
memcpy_toio(st0x_dr, data, transfersize);
-#endif /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
/* SJT: End */
len -= transfersize;
data += transfersize;
@@ -1175,49 +1141,6 @@
*/
/* SJT: Start. Slow Write. */
-#ifdef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
-
- int __dummy_1, __dummy_2;
-
-/*
- * We loop as long as we are in a data out phase, there is data to send,
- * and BSY is still active.
- */
-/* Local variables : len = ecx , data = esi,
- st0x_cr_sr = ebx, st0x_dr = edi
-*/
- __asm__ (
- /* Test for any data here at all. */
- "orl %%ecx, %%ecx\n\t"
- "jz 2f\n\t" "cld\n\t"
-/* "movl st0x_cr_sr, %%ebx\n\t" */
-/* "movl st0x_dr, %%edi\n\t" */
- "1:\t"
- "movb (%%ebx), %%al\n\t"
- /* Test for BSY */
- "test $1, %%al\n\t"
- "jz 2f\n\t"
- /* Test for data out phase - STATUS & REQ_MASK should be
- REQ_DATAOUT, which is 0. */
- "test $0xe, %%al\n\t"
- "jnz 2f\n\t"
- /* Test for REQ */
- "test $0x10, %%al\n\t"
- "jz 1b\n\t"
- "lodsb\n\t"
- "movb %%al, (%%edi)\n\t"
- "loop 1b\n\t" "2:\n"
- /* output */ :"=S" (data), "=c" (len),
- "=b"
- (__dummy_1),
- "=D" (__dummy_2)
-/* input */
- : "0" (data), "1" (len),
- "2" (st0x_cr_sr),
- "3" (st0x_dr)
-/* clobbered */
- : "eax");
-#else /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
while (len) {
unsigned char stat;
@@ -1231,7 +1154,6 @@
--len;
}
}
-#endif /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
/* SJT: End. */
}
@@ -1277,30 +1199,7 @@
data);
/* SJT: Start. Fast Read */
-#ifdef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
- __asm__ ("cld\n\t"
-#ifdef FAST32
- "shr $2, %%ecx\n\t"
- "1:\t"
- "movl (%%esi), %%eax\n\t"
- "stosl\n\t"
-#else
- "1:\t"
- "movb (%%esi), %%al\n\t"
- "stosb\n\t"
-#endif
- "loop 1b\n\t"
- /* output */ :
- /* input */ :"S" (st0x_dr),
- "D"
- (data),
- "c" (SCint->transfersize)
-/* clobbered */
- : "eax", "ecx",
- "edi");
-#else /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
memcpy_fromio(data, st0x_dr, len);
-#endif /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
/* SJT: End */
len -= transfersize;
data += transfersize;
@@ -1324,52 +1223,6 @@
*/
/* SJT: Start. */
-#ifdef SEAGATE_USE_ASM
-
- int __dummy_3, __dummy_4;
-
-/* Dummy clobbering variables for the new gcc-2.95 */
-
-/*
- * We loop as long as we are in a data in phase, there is room to read,
- * and BSY is still active
- */
- /* Local variables : ecx = len, edi = data
- esi = st0x_cr_sr, ebx = st0x_dr */
- __asm__ (
- /* Test for room to read */
- "orl %%ecx, %%ecx\n\t"
- "jz 2f\n\t" "cld\n\t"
-/* "movl st0x_cr_sr, %%esi\n\t" */
-/* "movl st0x_dr, %%ebx\n\t" */
- "1:\t"
- "movb (%%esi), %%al\n\t"
- /* Test for BSY */
- "test $1, %%al\n\t"
- "jz 2f\n\t"
- /* Test for data in phase - STATUS & REQ_MASK should be REQ_DATAIN,
- = STAT_IO, which is 4. */
- "movb $0xe, %%ah\n\t"
- "andb %%al, %%ah\n\t"
- "cmpb $0x04, %%ah\n\t"
- "jne 2f\n\t"
- /* Test for REQ */
- "test $0x10, %%al\n\t"
- "jz 1b\n\t"
- "movb (%%ebx), %%al\n\t"
- "stosb\n\t"
- "loop 1b\n\t" "2:\n"
- /* output */ :"=D" (data), "=c" (len),
- "=S"
- (__dummy_3),
- "=b" (__dummy_4)
-/* input */
- : "0" (data), "1" (len),
- "2" (st0x_cr_sr),
- "3" (st0x_dr)
-/* clobbered */
- : "eax");
-#else /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
while (len) {
unsigned char stat;
@@ -1383,7 +1236,6 @@
--len;
}
}
-#endif /* SEAGATE_USE_ASM */
/* SJT: End. */
#if (DEBUG & PHASE_DATAIN)
printk ("scsi%d: transfered -= %d\n", hostno, len);
-
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