Re: [2.6 patch] SCSI seagate.c: remove SEAGATE_USE_ASM

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:13:00 +0100
Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Using assembler code for performance in drivers might have been a good 
> idea 15 years ago when this code was written, but with today's compilers 
> that's unlikely to be an advantage.
> 
> Besides this, it also hurts the readability.
> 
> Simply use the C code that was already there as an alternative.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
					"stosb\n\t"

NAK

The C codepaths are essentially untested on this driver.

Alan
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