On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:23:26 -0700 
 Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

 > >        (new entry points)
 > >        bus_space_stream_{read,write}* - value is read from/written to bus
 > >        space.  The values are treated as octet streams, thus bypassing
 > >        any byte swapping mechanisms.  Useful for e.g. 16-bit PIO access
 > >        to NE-2000 ethernet cards, manipulating VGA frame buffer data, etc.
 > 
 > Fine with me. The "byteswap" name you (rightly) object
 > to was for uh, expositional purposes.
 > 
 > But what names do you propose for the bytestream-oriented _multi_ and
 > _region_ methods??  Those are what I think are most likely to be
 > useful, and I can't follow the logic that decides whether adjectives
 > like multi/region/stream are prefixes {read, write}, or suffixes ...

bus_space_stream_{read,write}* matches bus_space_stream_read_multi_* and
bus_space_stream_read_region_*  :-)

(How about a contest - who can come up with the longest function name? :-)

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