Re: [spi-devel-general] [PATCH] TXx9 SPI controller driver

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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:09:51 -0700, David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > And for mmiowb() issue, I put it just only I was not sure whether
> > gpio_set_value() guarantee I/O barrier.  Now I see i2c-gpio.c, etc. do
> > not have such barriers.  I will remove these barriers and fix platform
> > gpio codes.
> 
> I don't think this is a case where there'd be a benefit to
> allowing non-barriered implementations, and thus requiring
> all portable code to include platform-neutral I/O barriers.
> I don't know that such neutral primitives actually exist...
> 
> I'll update the GPIO docs to make that clear, unless you
> have some strong argument to the contrary.

No contrary argument.  Some guide to writers of GPIO implementations
about the I/O barriers should be appreciated.

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Atsushi Nemoto


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