From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: New resources - pls, explain :-( Date: 1999/08/18 Message-ID: #1/1 Original-Date: 18 Aug 1999 00:42:59 GMT Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Original-Message-ID: <7pcvij$tba$1@palladium.transmeta.com> References: To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Original-References: <199908130500.PAA31645@tango.anu.edu.au> <19990815220645.B4580@twiddle.net> X-Authentication-Warning: palladium.transmeta.com: bin set sender to news@transmeta.com using -f X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing-dig Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Newsgroups: fa.linux.kernel X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu In article <19990815220645.B4580@twiddle.net>, Richard Henderson wrote: >On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 10:48:56AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> - writel() - strict ordering >> - __writel() - only to be used for people who REALLY know that they don't >> care about ordering. > >For the record, I much prefer writel_fast over __writel. I've renamed it __raw_writel(). I do _not_ want people to think that it's "faster". It usually is, but sometimes the speed difference simply does not exist (on PC's, for example), and we don't want to have people using it just because of a cool name. That's why the name needs to be obscure and slightly intimidating. So it's now __raw_writel(), and currently only the alpha actually does it, because rth sent me patches that I then butchered. I'll make a pre-14-2 with this all, Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/