From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g72AagRw030510 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:36:42 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g72Aagiw030509 for linux-mips-outgoing; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:36:42 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (shaft17-f126.dialo.tiscali.de [62.246.17.126]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g72AaaRw030500 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:36:38 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g72Ac5a03412; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:38:05 +0200 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:38:05 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Carsten Langgaard Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: [update] [patch] linux: Cache coherency fixes Message-ID: <20020802123805.A3329@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <20020801152500.A31808@dea.linux-mips.net> <20020801184929.B22824@dea.linux-mips.net> <3D4A4191.DF5EFFC4@mips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3D4A4191.DF5EFFC4@mips.com>; from carstenl@mips.com on Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:23:53AM +0200 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:23:53AM +0200, Carsten Langgaard wrote: > The Malta board is a system that both run coherent and non-coherent, so I > would prefer, that we either make the coherency a configuration option or > make it possible to determine at run time. Definately the latter then. The price to pay is small and I don't think forcing the use to change the kernel when just changing CPU modules is acceptable. Ralf