Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 17:03:47 EST



* Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:46:50 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > well, using io_delay=udelay is not 'blindly disabling'. io_delay=none
> > would be the end goal, once all _p() API uses are eliminated by
> > transformation.
>
> io_delay = none is not the end goal. Correctness is the end goal.

the end goal will be for io_delay=none to be a NOP, because nothing will
use the _p() ops anymore.

Ingo
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