[PATCH] Introduce __iowrite32_copy

This arch-independent routine copies data to a memory-mapped I/O region,
using 32-bit accesses.  The naming is double-underscored to make it clear
that it does not guarantee write ordering, nor does it perform a memory
barrier afterwards; the kernel doc also explicitly states this.  This style
of access is required by some devices.

This change also introduces include/linux/io.h, at Andrew's suggestion.  It
only has one occupant at the moment, but is a logical destination for
oft-replicated contents of include/asm-*/{io,iomap}.h to migrate to.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@pathscale.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/io.h b/include/linux/io.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85533ec5aaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/io.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 PathScale, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_IO_H
+#define _LINUX_IO_H
+
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+void __iowrite32_copy(void __iomem *to, const void *from, size_t count);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_IO_H */