[PATCH v5 07/15] ARM: mxs: Add gpio support

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hi Shawn,

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:28:14PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:24:16AM -0700, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 04:06:40PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > +		__raw_writel(~0, port[i].base +
> > > +				PINCTRL_IRQSTAT(i) + MXS_CLR_ADDR);
> > Why not __raw_writel(0, port[i].base + PINCTRL_IRQSTAT(i)) ?
> > (And note that applying ~ on a signed integer isn't portable in
> > general.  For all sane archs this is the same as ~0U though and ARM is
> > sane (here), still I think it's good to be aware of such things and
> > avoid them if easily possible.)
> > 
> The i.MX28 RM section 9.4.78 tells "Software may clear any bit in this
> register by writing a 1 to the bit at the SCT clear address".
I didn't say that __raw_writel(~0,  ... + MXS_CLR_ADDR) didn't work.
It's just that I consider writing a 0 directly into the PINCTRL_IRQSTAT
register a bit more clear.
 
> What about writing 0xffffffff into clear address?
If you insist on doing that, at least write ~0U which is more portable.

Best regards
Uwe

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