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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	7eggert@gmx.de, Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "David P. Reed" <dpreed@reed.com>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>,
	Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	rol@witbe.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override.
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:25:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080107232514.699155d6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0801072226060.16143@be1.lrz>

> But overclocking is not the problem for udelay, it would err to the safe 
> side. The problem would be a BUS having < 8 MHz, and since the days of 
> 80286, they are hard to find. IMO having an option to set the bus speed
> for those systems should be enough.

If you get it wrong you risk data corruption. Not good, not clever, not
appropriate. Basically the use of port 0x80 is the right thing to do for
ISA devices and as 15 odd years of use has shown works reliably and
solidly for ISA systems.

Alan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-07 23:28 UTC|newest]

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2008-01-07 19:38                       ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-07 19:46                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-07 22:02                           ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-07 22:10                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-07 22:27                               ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-07 22:59                                 ` Rene Herman
2008-01-07 23:24                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-07 23:26                                     ` Rene Herman
2008-01-08  0:10                                       ` [linux-kernel] " David P. Reed
2008-01-08  0:13                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-08  1:38                                           ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 17:10                                             ` Ondrej Zary
2008-01-08 17:24                                               ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 17:38                                                 ` Ondrej Zary
2008-01-08 18:44                                                   ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 18:51                                                     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-08 19:15                                                       ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 19:23                                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-01-08 19:51                                                           ` David P. Reed
2008-01-09  2:52                                                         ` Zachary Amsden
2008-01-09  5:19                                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-09 21:53                                                             ` Zachary Amsden
2008-01-09 22:22                                                               ` David P. Reed
2008-01-11  1:36                                                                 ` Zachary Amsden
2008-01-11  3:05                                                                   ` Rene Herman
2008-01-11 14:35                                                                     ` David P. Reed
2008-01-11 14:37                                                                       ` Alan Cox
2008-01-11 15:07                                                                         ` David P. Reed
2008-01-11 17:54                                                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11 14:49                                                                       ` Rene Herman
2008-01-14 21:57                                                                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-01-14 22:22                                                                         ` David P. Reed
2008-01-16 14:36                                                                           ` David Newall
2008-01-16 14:55                                                                             ` Alan Cox
2008-01-16 19:15                                                                               ` David Newall
2008-01-16 20:08                                                                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-17  6:25                                                                                   ` David Newall
2008-01-17 12:02                                                                                     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-17 13:36                                                                                       ` David Newall
2008-01-17 13:55                                                                                         ` Rene Herman
2008-01-17 21:58                                                                                           ` David Newall
2008-01-17 22:13                                                                                             ` Rene Herman
2008-01-18 13:37                                                                                               ` David Newall
2008-01-18 14:05                                                                                                 ` Rene Herman
2008-01-17 15:51                                                                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-01-09  5:30                                                           ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-09 14:42                                                             ` David P. Reed
2008-01-09 15:27                                                             ` Rene Herman
2008-01-09 18:17                                                               ` Zachary Amsden
2008-01-09 18:18                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-09 20:26                                                                   ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-09 21:59                                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-09 18:22                                                                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-09 18:27                                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-08 19:25                                                     ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-08 20:28                                                       ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 21:43                                                         ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-08 22:24                                                           ` David P. Reed
2008-01-08 18:51                                                   ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-08 19:13                                                     ` Ondrej Zary
2008-01-09 21:01                                         ` Matthieu castet
2008-01-08 12:51                                       ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-08 13:07                                         ` [linux-kernel] " David P. Reed
2008-01-08 14:37                                           ` Alan Cox
2008-01-08 14:09                                         ` Rene Herman
2008-01-08 14:31                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-01-07 23:57                                     ` [linux-kernel] " David P. Reed
2008-01-08  1:58                                       ` Alan Cox
2008-01-07 23:25                             ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-01-08 13:17                               ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-08 14:38                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-08  3:15                         ` Christer Weinigel
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2007-12-30 17:50       ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-30 18:10         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 20:56           ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-30 21:00             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:32               ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-30 21:33               ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 22:02                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:44               ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-30 21:58                 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 20:53         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-30 21:31           ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 14:39             ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 15:56               ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30  3:34 Rene Herman
2007-12-30  9:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-30 12:48   ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-30 13:05     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 16:08       ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-30 16:28         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 18:21           ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-30 13:03   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 14:14   ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 14:47   ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 15:28     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 15:38       ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 16:01         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 16:48           ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 17:08             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 18:14             ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 18:39               ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 19:33                 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 20:00                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-30 20:09                     ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 21:20                     ` David P. Reed
2007-12-30 21:36                       ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 23:14                         ` David P. Reed
2007-12-31  0:23                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-31 11:59                             ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 18:19                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-31 12:23               ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 14:35                 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-31 15:56                   ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 20:22                     ` Ondrej Zary
2007-12-31 21:25                       ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 21:47                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-31 23:24                           ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 23:41                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-02  3:01                     ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 17:10         ` Juergen Beisert
2007-12-30 20:50           ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-31  1:03             ` David P. Reed
2007-12-31  1:40               ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-30 15:47       ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 16:07         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 16:27           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 17:06             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 17:54               ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 18:29               ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 18:43                 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-30 20:46                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:07                   ` Rene Herman
2007-12-30 21:25                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:29                   ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 22:03                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-31 13:11                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-01-01 16:48                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 18:40         ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-30 20:34           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:28             ` Alan Cox
2007-12-30 21:54               ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:13           ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 15:29             ` Christer Weinigel
2007-12-31 13:21           ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-31 12:29             ` Alan Cox
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2007-12-14  2:59             ` [PATCH] x86_64: fix problems due to use of "outb" to port 80 on some AMD64x2 laptops, etc David P. Reed
2007-12-14 13:15               ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-14 18:02                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-14 21:06                   ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-14 22:13                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-14 23:29                       ` Alan Cox
2007-12-15  8:08                         ` Paul Rolland
2007-12-15  8:13                           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-15 20:27                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-15 23:26                               ` [PATCH] x86: " Rene Herman
2007-12-15 23:51                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-16 13:15                                   ` [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override Rene Herman
2007-12-16 15:22                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17  1:43                                       ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17  2:05                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17  2:19                                           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17  3:35                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 13:02                                               ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 17:14                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 19:43                                                   ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 19:55                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 21:02                                                       ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 21:17                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 21:25                                                     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 15:57                                                       ` David P. Reed
2008-01-01 21:16                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 15:59                                                       ` David P. Reed
2008-01-01 16:15                                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 16:43                                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 17:32                                                             ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 18:45                                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 20:14                                                                 ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 21:13                                                                   ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 21:07                                                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-02 10:04                                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-02 13:47                                                                     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-02 15:35                                                                       ` Rene Herman
2008-01-02 15:50                                                                         ` Rene Herman
2008-01-01 17:32                                                             ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 18:46                                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 19:35                                                                 ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 19:59                                                                   ` Rene Herman
2008-01-01 20:55                                                                     ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 21:24                                                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 21:01                                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 21:26                                                                     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 21:42                                                                     ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 21:42                                                                       ` Rene Herman
2008-01-01 21:50                                                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 21:21                                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 23:05                                                                     ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-01 23:12                                                                       ` Alan Cox
2008-01-02  0:23                                                                         ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-02 10:00                                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 17:32                                                           ` David P. Reed
2008-01-01 17:38                                                             ` Alan Cox
2008-01-01 21:15                                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 21:35                                                             ` Rene Herman
2008-01-01 21:44                                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 22:35                                                                 ` Rene Herman
2008-01-01 22:39                                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 23:11                                                                     ` Rene Herman
2008-01-02  0:25                                                                       ` Rene Herman
2008-01-02  0:55                                                                       ` Christer Weinigel
2008-01-02  1:00                                                                         ` Rene Herman
2008-01-02  2:27                                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-09 17:27                                                                 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-01-09 18:18                                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-01 17:31                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2008-01-01 17:33                                                           ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17  4:09                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 10:57                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 11:29                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 13:34                                             ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 12:15                                           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 13:09                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 13:22                                               ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 13:31                                                 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-17 13:31                                                   ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 13:32                                                 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 13:36                                                   ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 14:39                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 16:12                                                     ` Alan Cox
2007-12-17 16:48                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 20:48                                                       ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 20:57                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 21:33                                                           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 21:40                                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 21:46                                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 21:50                                                               ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 21:41                                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 21:47                                                           ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 21:56                                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-17 22:01                                                               ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17 22:18                                                                 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 19:38                                                     ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17 19:55                                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17 21:28                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-16 21:42                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17  1:48                                       ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17  1:53                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-16 23:12                                     ` David P. Reed
2007-12-17  1:56                                       ` Rene Herman
2007-12-17  2:04                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-17  2:15                                           ` Rene Herman

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