RE: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-30 Thread Yang, Bo
] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:54 AM To: Yang, Bo Cc: Matthew Wilcox; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; DL-MegaRAID Linux Subject: Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:30:12 -0700 "Yang, Bo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan/Matthew, > > I found inb_p/outb_p a

Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-23 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:30:12 -0700 "Yang, Bo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan/Matthew, > > I found inb_p/outb_p are defined as inb/outb in kernel src. So it > should not have problems to change inb_p/outb_p to inb/outb. Only on some platforms. On the x86 platforms the inb_p()/outb_p() include

RE: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-22 Thread Yang, Bo
Alan/Matthew, I will double check and give you back soon. Regards. Bo Yang -Original Message- From: Matthew Wilcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:38 PM To: Yang, Bo Cc: Alan Cox; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; DL-MegaRAID Linux Subject: Re: Megaraid: Use of

Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 02:30:12PM -0700, Yang, Bo wrote: > Alan/Matthew, > > I found inb_p/outb_p are defined as inb/outb in kernel src. So it > should not have problems to change inb_p/outb_p to inb/outb. That's not true for x86-32. Please, can you look up the documentation for this chip and

RE: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-22 Thread Yang, Bo
: Alan Cox; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; DL-MegaRAID Linux Subject: Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:32:12PM -0700, Yang, Bo wrote: > Alan, > > The in/outb_p in MegaRAID scsi driver is used for our old io mapped > megaraid controller. There are still some custome

Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-18 Thread Matthew Wilcox
large does 'x' need to be for these megaraid controllers? > Thanks. > > Bo Yang > > -Original Message- > From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:36 AM > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; DL-MegaRAID Linux > Subject:

Re: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-18 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:32:12 -0700 "Yang, Bo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan, > > The in/outb_p in MegaRAID scsi driver is used for our old io mapped > megaraid controller. There are still some customers are using those old > controller. Please keep them. Do they need the I/O delays. If th

RE: Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-18 Thread Yang, Bo
, 2008 7:36 AM To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; DL-MegaRAID Linux Subject: Megaraid: Use of outb_p I notice the MegaRAID driver uses outb_p. Can someone at LSI confirm that the delays between each I/O are required, and if so how long they must be. I'm trying to sort out the use of in/outb_p and

Megaraid: Use of outb_p

2008-01-18 Thread Alan Cox
I notice the MegaRAID driver uses outb_p. Can someone at LSI confirm that the delays between each I/O are required, and if so how long they must be. I'm trying to sort out the use of in/outb_p and where it is unneccessary or used for non ISA devices. (Please cc me on the reply) Alan - To unsubs