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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] prefetch support for 3.13
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:25:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131030152553.GD16735@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <527124B3.9090305@nvidia.com>

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 08:24:35AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> Hi Will et al.,
>
> On 10/09/2013 10:13 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
>> Hi Russell,
>>
>> Please pull the following patches for 3.13. They add support for the pldw
>> instruction (prefetch with intent to modify) in ARMv7 SMP cores, which is
>> then used to gain a measurable performance boost for particular atomic
>> sequences.
>
> Looks like the pldw changes require binutils >= 2.21.  Might be worth  
> considering a patch to update Documentation/Changes?

Not really - because that says "for all architectures the minimum
requirement is now 2.21 or later" and that's certainly not the case.

It's only ARMv7 which requires this.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-30 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-09 17:13 [GIT PULL] prefetch support for 3.13 Will Deacon
2013-10-30 15:24 ` Paul Walmsley
2013-10-30 15:25   ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2013-10-30 15:32     ` Stephen Warren
2013-10-30 15:53     ` Paul Walmsley
2013-10-30 16:01       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-11-11  9:08 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2013-11-11 10:31   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-11-11 11:25   ` Will Deacon
2013-11-19  9:27     ` Uwe Kleine-König
2013-11-19 12:01       ` Will Deacon
2013-11-24  9:54 ` Dirk Behme
2013-11-24 10:11   ` Russell King - ARM Linux

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