Re: [PATCH] HPET driver

[Jeff Garzik]

David Mosberger wrote:
> What about atomicity?  Are there any platforms where
> {read,write}[bwl]() don't translate into a single bus-transaction?  I
> didn't think so, but I could well be wrong.


This is a good point, as the ensuing thread indicates.

Current usage by drivers doesn't require atomicity, so the proposed 
implementation is fine.

Thinking about the atomicity issues now is definitely something that 
should be done, though...

	Jeff



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