Re: Opinion on ordering of writel vs. stores to RAM

[David Miller]

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:55:19 -0400

> As (I think) BenH mentioned in another email, the normal way Linux 
> handles these interfaces is for the primary API (readX, writeX) to be 
> strongly ordered, strongly coherent, etc.  And then there is a relaxed 
> version without barriers and syncs, for the smart guys who know what 
> they're doing

Indeed, I think that is the way to handle this.
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