Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sandpoint/stand/altboot

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

David Laight wrote:

> This isn't really an ideal solution, I've have to fight membar
> instructions embedded into byteswapping accesses on ppc linux.
> Drivers may want to do several accesses that can be reordered
> before/after one that matters - so need greater control than
> enforcing specific membars.

Hm. What would you suggest? Is it better to revert this change?

If it is only a matter of performance, I would prefer a slower driver
with increased stability. This is just the boot loader, which reads from
disks with PIO0.

-- 
Frank Wille