* Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is TSC significant? udelay() based on bogomips seems to be good > > enough...? > > Maybe I'm not sure how accurate it really is on non TSC system. On the > other hand it is unclear that the port 80 IO is always the same time > so it's probably ok to vary a bit. So most likely going to udelay() > unconditionally is fine.
yep, agreed, and have queued up the patch below. I've killed the misc_*.c outb_p() uses because they happen before there's an udelay() available - but that should be perfectly fine anyway: i dont remember any video hardware that needed pauses for cursor updates, i think those _p()'s just came in accidentally. (there's hardware that needed _p() for other aspects of video such as mode switching - but cursor updates ...) Ingo ------------------> Subject: x86: fix in/out_p delays From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debugged by David P. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Do not use port 0x80, it can cause crashes, see: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6307 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9511 instead of just removing _p postfixes en masse, lets just first remove the 0x80 port usage, then remove any unnecessary _p io ops gradually. It's more debuggable this way. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c | 8 ++++---- arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c | 8 ++++---- arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c | 10 ++++++++++ include/asm-x86/io_32.h | 5 +---- include/asm-x86/io_64.h | 5 +---- 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) Index: linux-x86.q/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c +++ linux-x86.q/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c @@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ static void putstr(const char *s) RM_SCREEN_INFO.orig_y = y; pos = (x + cols * y) * 2; /* Update cursor position */ - outb_p(14, vidport); - outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1); - outb_p(15, vidport); - outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1); + outb(14, vidport); + outb(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1); + outb(15, vidport); + outb(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1); } static void* memset(void* s, int c, unsigned n) Index: linux-x86.q/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c +++ linux-x86.q/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c @@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ static void putstr(const char *s) RM_SCREEN_INFO.orig_y = y; pos = (x + cols * y) * 2; /* Update cursor position */ - outb_p(14, vidport); - outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1); - outb_p(15, vidport); - outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1); + outb(14, vidport); + outb(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1); + outb(15, vidport); + outb(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1); } static void* memset(void* s, int c, unsigned n) Index: linux-x86.q/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c +++ linux-x86.q/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c @@ -3,9 +3,19 @@ */ #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/irq.h> +#include <linux/delay.h> #include <asm/hpet.h> +/* + * Some legacy devices need delays for IN/OUT sequences. Most are + * probably not needed but it's the safest to just do this short delay: + */ +void native_io_delay(void) +{ + udelay(1); +} + #if defined(CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_PCI) static void __devinit quirk_intel_irqbalance(struct pci_dev *dev) Index: linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/io_32.h =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/include/asm-x86/io_32.h +++ linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/io_32.h @@ -250,10 +250,7 @@ static inline void flush_write_buffers(v #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ -static inline void native_io_delay(void) -{ - asm volatile("outb %%al,$0x80" : : : "memory"); -} +extern void native_io_delay(void); #if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT) #include <asm/paravirt.h> Index: linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/io_64.h =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/include/asm-x86/io_64.h +++ linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/io_64.h @@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ * - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ -static inline void native_io_delay(void) -{ - asm volatile("outb %%al,$0x80" : : : "memory"); -} +extern void native_io_delay(void); #if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT) #include <asm/paravirt.h> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/