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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 1/6] gpio: davinci: use readl/writel instead of __raw_*
Hi Taras,

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Taras Kondratiuk
<taras.kondratiuk@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 21 November 2013 20:15, Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
>>
>> This patch replaces the __raw_readl/writel with
>> readl and writel, Altough the code runs on ARMv5
>> based SOCs, changing this will help copying the code
>> for other uses.
>
> This replacement has a functional impact: it adds memory barriers.
> Please note this in the description.
> Also please add a bit of explanation on why do you need to add barriers.
>
Agreed this adds memory barriers, I'll add a note about it.

Thanks,
--Prabhakar Lad


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