[PATCH v3 2/2] dma/imx-sdma: use writel to write register when enable a channel

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at linaro.org
Thu Jan 5 04:54:15 EST 2012


On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 05:19:05PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> Russel mentioned that too. But I cannot understand.
> If CONFIG_ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE, readl/writel always call rmb/wmb. Do
> we realy need it? It might affect performance.
> 
For safety, I think we need it.  The operations should be really fast.

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Regards,
Shawn



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