| To: | linux-mips@fnet.fr |
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| Subject: | Re: shared-memory type ISA boards? |
| From: | Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> |
| Date: | Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:28:21 +0200 |
| In-reply-to: | <199808172325.RAA09169@xmission.xmission.com>; from Eric Jorgensen on Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 05:25:49PM -0600 |
| References: | <19980817231356.23255@alpha.franken.de> <199808172325.RAA09169@xmission.xmission.com> |
On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 05:25:49PM -0600, Eric Jorgensen wrote:
> Well, the alan cox told me this board is "sortof" shared memory -
> that it uses a range in the ISA memory space as a FIFO. And said that as
> long as the MIPS system keeps that range uncached, it should work fine.
on Magnum style machines it is uncached.
Thomas.
--
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you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
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