[PATCH try#2] [MTD/MAPS] Blackfin BF5xx Maps: Handle the case where flash memory and ethernet mac/phy are mapped onto the same async bank
Bryan Wu
cooloney at kernel.org
Mon May 12 10:37:53 EDT 2008
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Jörn Engel <joern at logfs.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 February 2008 14:32:35 +0800, Bryan Wu wrote:
> >> +static void bf5xx_copy_from(struct map_info *map, void *to,
> unsigned long from, ssize_t len)
> >> +{
> >> + unsigned long i;
> >> + map_word test;
> >> +
> >> + if ((unsigned long)to & 0x1) {
> >> + for (i = 0; i < len / 2 * 2; i += 2) {
> >> + test = bf5xx_read(map, from + i);
> >> + put_unaligned(test.x[0], (__le16 *)(to + i));
> >> + }
> >> + } else {
> >> + for (i = 0; i < len / 2 * 2; i += 2) {
> >> + test = bf5xx_read(map, from + i);
> >> + *((u16*)(to + i)) = test.x[0];
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > I'm not particularly fond of such constructs, maybe because I have such
> > a hard time understanding what the code actually does.
> >
> > How about:
> > u16 *foo = to;
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < (len & ~1); i++) {
> > test = bf5xx_read(map, from + 2 * i);
> > foo[i] = test.x[0];
> > }
> >
> > With perhaps a better name than "foo" and the same conversion in the
> > rest of the function as well?
>
> indeed. Bryan: i can take care of this as there's a few other pieces
> i want to fiddle first (like getting rid of "bf5xx")
> -mike
>
My pleasure. Thanks.
This patch has been in my queue for a long time
-Bryan
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