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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>According to C operator precedence ((<a
href="http://www.difranco.net/cop2220/op-prec.htm">http://www.difranco.net/cop2220/op-prec.htm</a>),
the following patch should not be needed as operator “&lt;&lt;” has higher
precedence than operator “|”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
XLlDma_mBdWrite((BdPtr), XLLDMA_BD_USR1_OFFSET, (Start) &lt;&lt; 16 | (Insert))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
XLlDma_mBdWrite((BdPtr), XLLDMA_BD_USR1_OFFSET, ((Start) &lt;&lt; 16) | <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>+
(Insert))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also FYI, the XLlDma_mBdWrite currently is
defined in xlldma driver as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>#define
XLlDma_mBdWrite(BaseAddress, Offset, Data)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (*(u32*)((u32)(BaseAddress)
+ (u32)(Offset)) = (Data))</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So I don’t understand why the patch could
help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Xiaochang<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> MingLiu
[mailto:eemingliu@hotmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 03, 2008
2:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> John Bonesio; Johann Baudy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">John Linn</st1:PersonName>; git<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Xilinx LLTEMAC driver
issues</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Dear all,<br>
<br>
&gt; The change with the extra parenthesis (in the patch starting with line
133) seems unecessary. I looked at the XLlDma_mBdWrite macro and it appeared to
have the correct use of parethesis in the implementation.<br>
&gt; So, assuming there's nothing subtle that I missed, it's not needed.
However, it does no harm either.<br>
<br>
However it really helps after I tried this patch. So there should be some
difference after it is used. <br>
&nbsp;<br>
One more question, does this mean that the problem is not on the hardware
timing, but the device driver? <br>
&nbsp;<br>
BR<br>
Ming<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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