On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 23:20 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> For the "swapped" case, I would suggest using ioread16be for the registers
> for the data port, use ioread16_rep followed by a pass of byteswap. I assume
> that this incorrect wiring case only happens on BE platforms right ?

Of course that won't work on writes unless you use a bounce buffer, but
heh, who cares, it's busted anyway ?

Another option is to stick with a loop of ioread16be/iowrite16be, it
*should* work, but it will have too many memory barriers, the impact
will vary depending on the core.

Cheers,
Ben.


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