Most drivers assume this except for areas they've used MTRR on (thats x86
only of course)
> Alternatively, should device driver writers be required to put in an
> explicit statement (mb() or something similar) when they use
> readl/writel/etc. and want to prevent the accesses being reordered?
Not reordering is a safer default.
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