[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/28] introduce I/O device memory read/write operations

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-12-14 18:48, Jerin Jacob:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:53:57AM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 07:25:30AM +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> > > patchset 14-28: Replace the raw readl/writel in the drivers with
> > > new rte_read[b/w/l/q], rte_write[b/w/l/q] eal abstraction
> > 
> > Instead of rte_read[b/w/l/q], there is another typical naming style:
> > rte_read[8/16/32/64]. Any preferences? If you ask me, I'd prefer the
> > later.
> 
> No strong opinion here. The rte_read[b/w/l/q] naming style is from Linux
> kernel. I will change to rte_read[8/16/32/64] in v2 if there is no
> objection.

Yes please. Let's use numbers where possible.

See this recent explanation:
	http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1293045.html