A driver for some device that could be connected to (or plugged into) a variety of different platforms of different architecture. A driver for a core that could be implemented within an FPGA on multiple platforms.
Clive -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Surovegin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2006 09:08 To: Peter Korsgaard Cc: Kumar Gala; linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org; Jenkins, Clive Subject: Re: Yosemite/440EP why are readl()/ioread32() setup to readlittle-endian? On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:09:17AM +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote: > On 2/2/06, Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > > What is the preferred way of accessing non-PCI devices then? Direct > > > pointer access? > > > > No direct pointer access is bad. On PPC You can use > > in_be{8,16,32}/out_be{8,16,32} > > What about arch independent drivers? Are there any generic approach > for this or do you have to stick to ugly #ifdefs to decide between > in_be32/inl ? I'm curious, could you give an example of such arch independent driver? -- Eugene
