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From: Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>
To: Keith M Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: RFC: Cleanup/detection patch
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:29:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ACCD599.1765FCB2@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20010405004618.A30899@foobazco.org

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

  reply	other threads:[~2001-04-05 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-02  6:52 RFC: Cleanup/detection patch Keith M Wesolowski
2001-04-04  2:43 ` Jun Sun
2001-04-04  3:30   ` Keith M Wesolowski
2001-04-04 17:54     ` Jun Sun
2001-04-05  7:46       ` Keith M Wesolowski
2001-04-05 20:29         ` Jun Sun [this message]
2001-04-05 21:03           ` Keith M Wesolowski
2001-04-05 21:53             ` Jun Sun
2001-04-09  6:40         ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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