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Re: RFC: New bus_space routine: bus_space_sync



On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 05:19:01PM -0500, Michael wrote:
 > As Matt said, completely different problem. One is about enforcing
 > order, the other is about writing stuff out NOW ( which in a way
 > also enforces order but with a lot more baggage ).

and I'll stick my oar in to note that (IMO anyway) actions that are
called BARRIER should be for enforcing order; things that are going to
write stuff out now should be called SYNC or FLUSH or things like
that.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost


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