Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:49:51 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c |
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> Tried looking at how in*()/out*() are defined on x86?
Tried looking at how ide_mm_inb is defined on x86
> > It's already making function calls, without the benefit of inlining and > > I'm afraid you're wrong here.
I'm afraid you are the one who is wrong. The IDE layer is duplicating a generic level of indirection with its own code - purely because IDE pre-dates that core functionality. The whole IDE layer indirection can go away because Linux has caught up with the needs of the IDE layer.
Alan
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