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Subject: powerpc wmb()
From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
Date: 18 Nov 2001 14:58:27 +0200
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wmb is defined as

#define wmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("eieio" : : : "memory")

however, ``eieio'' has no effect on memory, that is
Write Through Not Required, thus I think it should be

#define wmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")

Comments ?

Regards,
-velco

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