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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:40:23PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > What we need is a mechanism to partial invalidate the I-cache and a mechanism
> > to write-back and/or invalidate the D-cache.
> 
>  What's wrong with the already mentioned cachectl?
> 
> $ mipsel-linux-objdump -T /usr/mipsel-linux/lib/libc-2.2.so | grep cachectl
> 00000000600ca0a0  w   DF *ABS*  0000000000000000  GLIBC_2.0   cachectl
> $ ls /usr/mipsel-linux/include/sys/cachectl.h
> /usr/mipsel-linux/include/sys/cachectl.h

cachectl(2) is a syscall that is manipulates the cachability of a memory
area.  And not yet implemented ...

  Ralf