Re: DECStation: Support for PMAZ-AA TC SCSI card?

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 07:32:04PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > We had some discussion with the IA64 guys at SGI on how to handle this
> > kind of I/O ordering issues.  We never came to a final conclusion but
> > the proposal was the introduction of separate memory barriers macros for
> > I/O stuff.  Anyway, I think for the moment we should go with your proposal.
> 
>  Well, nothing stops code from evolving -- if there is a need for a more
> finegrained choice of macros, we may fulfill it, don't we?

Frequently a 80% solution is the worst possible because the remaining
unsolved 20% are not enough inclination to get things fixed.  However in
this particular case I agree with you.

  Ralf