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

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 1 May 2001 mike_phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> To get the pcmcia ibmtr driver (ibmtr/ibmtr_cs) working on ppc, all the 
> isa_read/write's have to be changed to regular read/write due to the lack 
> of the isa_read/write functions for ppc.
> 
> So, the question is should I simply:
> 
> a) change everything to read/write and friends (the way the driver used to 
> be before the isa_read/write function were introduced)
> b) Put ugly macros in the driver to use the different functions depending 
> upon architecture.
> c) Implement the isa_read/write functions for ppc ? 
> or d) something completely different I haven't thought of. 

Please go for option c.

Also note that ISA memory space is not available on all PPC platforms.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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