Re: [PATCH take #5] [libata] libata driver for bf548 on chip ATAPI controller.

[Mike Frysinger]

On 8/16/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 8/16/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Sonic Zhang wrote:
> >>> +static void bfin_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
> >>> +{
> >>> +     int mode = adev->pio_mode - XFER_PIO_0;
> >>> +     unsigned long base = (unsigned long)ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr;
> >>
> >> (added Bryan Wu to CC)
> >>
> >> Someone needs to need fix the bfin architecture:  the addresses on the
> >> bfin_read/bfin_write functions should be 'void __iomem *' not unsigned long.
> >
> > there are no address pointers anymore, so there is nothing to cast ...
> > the bfin_read/bfin_write macros are done in sexy asm:
> > #define bfin_write8(addr,val) __asm__ __volatile__("b[%0] = %1;" ::
> > "a"(addr), "d"(val))
> > or i'm misunderstanding what you mean ...
> >
> > where do you see (unsigned long) ?
>
> Look up (into the message you quoted).

yes, you quoted the driver, not the Blackfin core parts

> Regardless of the implementation, the C type system should be employed
> to ensure that 'addr' is known to the compiler as 'void __iomem *'
> rather than unsigned long.

i agree the specific pata driver should be declared the way you
described, however i dont see how that has bearing on the
bfin_read/bfin_write macros as you seemed to indicate
-mike
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