Re: inb_p and inb

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, [iso-8859-2] Krystian Bac=B3awski wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, [iso-8859-2] Krystian Bac=B3awski wrote:
> > > What is the formal difference between inb_p and inb. Does inb_p has=
 a
> > > special purpose or it's a common alias for inb. I ask because I not=
iced
> > > that net/8390.c uses inb_p and outb_p where net/apne.c uses inb and=
 outb.=20
> >=20
> > The *_p() variants contain some extra delay. This was/is needed on so=
me very
> > old ISA implementations. Just ignore them for Amiga.
>=20
> Can they be replaced by inb/outb in net/8390.c or better leave it alone=
 ?

Just leave them in 8390.c. And `#define inb_p inb' etc. in asm/io.h (isn'=
t it
already done that way?).

> BTW. How are ide-interrupts serviced. The beginning is in
> arch/ppc/amiga/amiints.c, and the end in drivers/ide/gayle.c. What part=
 of
> kernel should I read ?

Euh, what do you want to know? I think those two files contain all you ne=
ed to
know.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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