Re: c-r4k.c cleanup

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 02:39:07PM +0000, Nigel Stephens wrote:

> The MIPS 24K family's caches are not physically indexed, but they do 
> have optional h/w assist to prevent aliases in certain cache 
> configurations. This optional feature is indicated by the read-only AR 
> (alias removed) flag being set - that's bit 16 in the CP0 Config7 register.

That's not a new feature in the MIPS world; the R10000 family introduced
that first and Linux knows how to make use of it.  So now I just need to
teach c-r4k.c to check the AR bit on the 24K.

  Ralf