AFAIK, pci_ioremap_bar api provides an error-proof way (relative to pci_ioremap) for PCI memory remap.
After the mapping is successful, in case you are writing a portable code, use ioread8 api which provides platform abstraction to the re mapped registers.
Hope that helps.
BR,
Jayesh
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Warlich, Christof <christof.warlich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
can anyone explain when I should use
void __iomem *regs = pci_iomap(device, barNumber, 0);
and when
void __iomem *regs = pci_ioremap_bar(device, barNumber);
is more appropriate to map PCI memory?
Furthermore, after the mapping succeeded, when may I
directly access the mapped memory, e.g.:
char firstByte = *regs;
and when should I better use ioread8() instead?:
char firstBype = ioread8(regs);
All listed alternatives from above seems to work equally
well for me (on x86), so I'm curious to learn what might
be the difference. A guess: Does ioread8() work for both
memory mapped _and_ IO mapped registers, while the direct
access only works for the memory mapped case?
Thanks for any clarification.
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