Re: [PATCH V3 3/4] ARM: Xilinx: base header files and assembly macros

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Thu Feb 17 2011 - 16:58:42 EST


On 02/17/2011 02:01 AM, Jamie Iles wrote:
>> +
>> +static void putc(char ch)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * Wait for room in the FIFO, then write the char into the FIFO
>> + */
>> + while (UART_STATUS(LL_UART_PADDR) & UART_SR_TXFULL)
>> + ;
>
> It might be worth adding a barrier() call to these loops to be explicit
> about the volatility.

I think you want cpu_relax() then.

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