Re: [PATCH 0/1] m68k: Handle HAS_IOPORT dependencies

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Apr 03 2024 - 14:35:27 EST


On Wed, Apr 3, 2024, at 20:11, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> Niklas,
>
> how do you propose we handle legacy drivers that do depend on
> inb()/outb() functions (_not_ actual ISA I/O) on architectures that map
> inb()/outb() to MMIO functions?
>
> (In my case, that's at least ne.c - Geert ought to have a better
> overview what else does use inb()/outb() on m68k)

If a machine provides an inb()/outb() set of operations that
is actually used, it should set HAS_IOPORT.

For the Q40, it may be better in the long run to change the
drivers to just use MMIO directly though.

Arnd