| To: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: locking question: do_mmap(), do_munmap() |
| From: | Dominic Sweetman <dom@algor.co.uk> |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:34:30 +0100 (GMT/BST) |
| Cc: | Kanoj Sarcar <kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com>, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu |
| In-reply-to: | <19991018103733.B3047@uni-koblenz.de> |
| References: | <19991015115816.B948@uni-koblenz.de> <199910151750.KAA99441@google.engr.sgi.com> <19991018103733.B3047@uni-koblenz.de> |
Ralf, > (On the R3000 which allows swapping of i-cache and d-cache for > diagnostic purposes it actually is possible to have dirty lines in > the d-cache when it's used as the i-cache... Not really; the R3000 caches were always write-through, so the d-cache can never be dirty and in fact has exactly the same possible states as the i-cache. > But that's not a consideration for Linux.) Well, OK then. Dominic Sweetman dom@algor.co.uk |
| <Prev in Thread] | Current Thread | [Next in Thread> |
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Previous by Date: | invitation, Der Herr Hofr.at |
|---|---|
| Next by Date: | Real-Time Linux Wrokshop, Nicholas Mc Guire |
| Previous by Thread: | Re: locking question: do_mmap(), do_munmap(), Ralf Baechle |
| Next by Thread: | Re: locking question: do_mmap(), do_munmap(), Ralf Baechle |
| Indexes: | [Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists] |