[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Convert {in, out}s[bwl] to inline functions

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 14:02:52 CEST 2011


On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 01:57:52 PM Nick Thompson wrote:
> On 27/09/11 11:21, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:31:15 AM Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> >> Dear Marek Vasut,
> >> 
> >> In message <1317062895-3847-1-git-send-email-marek.vasut at gmail.com> you 
wrote:
> >>> The size of uboot binary grows by a few bytes, but the gain (better
> >>> type checking) is worth it.
> >> 
> >> And what _exactly_ are "a few bytes" ?
> > 
> > Nevermind, it must have been some kind of a fluctuation yesterday. Right
> > now, I made a new measurement and the size didn't change with/without
> > the patch (this is more what I'd expect to happen).
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
> Pure speculation on my part, but /could/ this be because ARM drivers don't
> tend to use these macros/functions. write[bwl] and the like are much more
> common. I don't know this to be a fact though.

No, I'm dead sure I use this macro in the test.

> 
> Nick.


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