Re: [patch] blast_scache nop for sc cpus without scache

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

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 01:45:39PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  Anyway these days we apparently ignore the result of the S-cache probe 
> and the sc_present variable.  The only values that determine whether an 
> S-cache is present or not are: cpu_has_dc_aliases, cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc 
> and cpu_has_subset_pcaches which you need to get right for your 
> configuration -- I guess cpu_has_dc_aliases == 0, cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc == 
> 1 and cpu_has_subset_pcaches == 0 should be right to fulfil your needs 
> (but it may break elsewhere).  Have I heard: "serious brain damage" from 
> you?  Well, I couldn't agree more...

What matters isn't the presence of a second level cache but the actual
properties.  The old code was relying almost exclusively on the precense
of an S-cache, so had to be very liberal in it's assumption about that
cache's properties.  Performancewise that sucked, badly.

  Ralf