[U-Boot-Users] From: Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov at emcraft.com>

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Wed May 28 10:31:09 CEST 2008


Hi Sergei,

On Wednesday 28 May 2008, Sergei Poselenov wrote:
> >> +	if (gur->porpllsr & (1<<15)) {
> >
> > Please don't use pointer access for such SoC registers. in_be32() is
> > recommended here.
>
> What is the reason for doing this? Compiler issues? I see the direct 
> pointer addressing is used all over the 85xx code.

Yes, I just noticed that these registers are accessed this way on (all?) 
MPC85xx boards. So it is perhaps not a problem with these registers. Not sure 
though, since I'm no MPC85xx expert. Perhaps somebody from FSL can comment 
here.

Best regards,
Stefan

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