On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 04:14:08AM +0200, Rani Assaf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was cleaning duplicate code between my port of IDT RC32355 and the
> current tree. I want to use r4k_clear_page_d16() but the function uses
> store double (sd) which is not available on this processor.
>
> What's the reason for having r4k_clear_page_xxx() use store double and
> not r4k_copy_page_xxx()??
Just from my guess - r4k_copy_page will pollute the d-cache with the
empty page you are reading. You have twice as much instruction (load +
store) which effectively will give you half the performance.
If "sd" is not available you might want to implement your clear_page
with sw zero, x(a0) like the sd version.
Flo
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