PPC beginner questions

[Wade Maxfield]

 OK.  I'm breaking my promise. :)  A couple more questions.

On 8/21/06, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
>
> On 8/21/06, Wade Maxfield <wmaxfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Grant,
> >
> >   Thanks!
> >
> >   in*
> >   out*
> >
> >   I'm assuming inb() outb(), inw() outw()??  I've been googling and have
> > come up short with info that makes sense. It is almost all x86 centric.
>
> in_8, in_be16, in_be32, out_8, out_be16, out_be32 for big-endian
> device registers
> in_8, in_le16, in_le32, out_8, out_le16, out_le32 for little endian
> device registers


-->Interesting.  Do these functions do 'eieio'  (Email, Internet, Electronic
Information Officer functions (southpark cartoon), err, or  Enforce In-Order
Execution of Input/Output) for me, or do I have to do that?  I'm still
confused as to that Old MacDonald function.


>
> >   We will not be porting these drivers, this is a captive box internal
> use
> > only, limited run (200 units or so), 10 to 20 year lifespan once it hits
> the
> > field.
> >
> >   So, the virtual address I get back can be used directly.  Can I cast
> to
> > short * and long * and char *?
>
> heh, yes you can; but if your writing new code why not use good
> practice from the start?  :)


--> Ok, you win.  How about ioread8() or inb() also?  Are they not coded in
PPC correctly? Or is the in_8() more modern?


>
> >    I apologize for the basic questions, but I expect this will be a
> final
> > question for quite some time.
>
> No worries; ask away!



--> is ioremap() equivalent to ioremap_nocache() on the PPC 405?


THANKS AGAIN!!!!
wade :)

Cheers,
> g.
>
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> --
> Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng.
> Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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