Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 May 2004 22:01:31 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] HPET driver |
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David Mosberger wrote: > What about atomicity? Are there any platforms where > {read,write}[bwl]() don't translate into a single bus-transaction? I > didn't think so, but I could well be wrong.
This is a good point, as the ensuing thread indicates.
Current usage by drivers doesn't require atomicity, so the proposed implementation is fine.
Thinking about the atomicity issues now is definitely something that should be done, though...
Jeff
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