Re: [PATCH] net: emac: emac gigabit ethernet controller driver

[Timur Tabi]

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> We generally want to use readl/writel rather than the relaxed versions,
> unless it is in performance-critical code.

What about if we have 20+ writes in a row, for example, when 
initializing a part?  I've seen code like this:

	writel_relaxed(...);
	writel_relaxed(...);
	writel_relaxed(...);
	...
	writel(...); // HW now inited, so enable

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