Re: RFC: Cleanup/detection patch

[Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>]

Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
> 
> So we basically have an Indy-style boardcache then.  I think we must
> make a distinction very cleanly between caches which are under CPU
> control and those which are not.  The ones under CPU control use the
> stuff in load_cache and the cache descriptors in mips_cpu.  The
> boardcaches use something like bc_ops. 

I don't like bc_ops idea.  Usually the external cache capability is still
integral part of the CPU.

I favor the idea where the cache takes care of external cache dynamically,
based on some parameters set up by board detection routine.

> 
> Now if only the linux requirements for implementing pci on a new
> machine were documented somewhere...
> 

That should come soon ...

Jun