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Re: isa_read/write not available on ppc - solution suggestions ??

To: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: isa_read/write not available on ppc - solution suggestions ??
From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 10:50:57 -0400
Cc: mike_phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > a) change everything to read/write and friends (the way the driver used to
> > be before the isa_read/write function were introduced)
> 
> readb/readw/readl have always worked for ISA bus. They simply avoid the need
> for ioremap and are meant for lazy porting

You meant isa_read* were for lazy porting.  read* require ioremap be
done before hand, even for ISA.

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                                Brian Gerst

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