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about mpc5200b rtc driver.

Hi, i am developing a mpc5200b rtc driver. here is the steps I must follow when I set the curret time.

  1. Write register with pause_time 1 and set_time 0
  2. Write register with pause_time 1 and set_time 1
  3. Write register with pause_time 1 and set_time 0
  4. Write register with pause_time 0 and set_time 0

I think these step's order is fixed, step 2 can not run before step

1.Of course my code follow these steps exactly.but here I have some question.

When I read some linux kernel souce code, I found there's a lot of place use memory barrier to control CPU execute instructions step by step. I want to know, whether my mpc5200b rtc driver need these memory barrier to protect the order of my code like above.thanks.

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leilei
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If I recall correctly, accesses to memory mapped as GUARDED will not have access reordered by the processor. So the answer is as always ... it depends. :)

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Michael N. Moran

Memory barriers are more intended to keep the hardware and assumptions made in the compiler in sync. But PowerPC handles in hardware reads at higher priority than writes. So in the worst case your device will "see" reorderd accesses (write, write, read will be changed to write, read, write). To avoid it, use the access macros (or inlines) that are part of the kernel (in_be32/out_be32 and so on). They all ensure that no hardware reordering will occure.

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Juergen Beisert

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