Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756424AbYCaWC6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753609AbYCaWCt (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:49 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.29]:1930 "EHLO smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752541AbYCaWCs (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:48 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:02:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@localhost.localdomain To: Alan Cox cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Development , Linux/m68k , Michael Schmitz Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] falconide/q40ide: add ->atapi_*put_bytes and ->ata_*put_data methods In-Reply-To: <20080331224318.4768c050@core> Message-ID: References: <200803312341.08271.zippel@linux-m68k.org> <20080331224318.4768c050@core> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 699 Lines: 21 Hi, On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Alan Cox wrote: > > That would require an additional data copy and a double byteswap on machines > > which are not that fast in first place... > > So use the blitter ;) > > At this point the future is not Commode Amiga or Atari TT and we risk > mess in core code for obscure platforms ? We have worse mess and a _single_ simple hook which helps a small platform and doesn't hurt others doesn't sound that bad. bye, Roman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/