Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] soc: qcom: geni: Optimize/comment select fifo/dma mode

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Douglas Anderson (2020-10-13 14:25:30)
> The functions geni_se_select_fifo_mode() and
> geni_se_select_fifo_mode() are a little funny.  They read/write a
> bunch of memory mapped registers even if they don't change or aren't
> relevant for the current protocol.  Let's make them a little more
> sane.  We'll also add a comment explaining why we don't do some of the
> operations for UART.
> 
> NOTE: there is no evidence at all that this makes any performance
> difference and it fixes no bugs.  However, it seems (to me) like it
> makes the functions a little easier to understand.  Decreasing the
> amount of times we read/write memory mapped registers is also nice,
> even if we are using "relaxed" variants.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>