From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Adam Kiepul <Adam_Kiepul@pmc-sierra.com>
Cc: "'linux-mips@linux-mips.org'" <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: A question on Linux SMP and cache coherency
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030124153131.A13615@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71690137A786F7428FF9670D47CB95ED10DF6F@SJE4EXM01>; from Adam_Kiepul@pmc-sierra.com on Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:17:25PM -0800
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:17:25PM -0800, Adam Kiepul wrote:
> I would really appreciate if anyone could tell me whether
> Hardware-maintained cache coherency between processors is required for
> Linux SMP operation.
(Sending just one copy of a posting is sufficient ...)
There have been imho fairly ridiculous attempts at constructing dual-core
SMPs for the use with Linux/MIPS by changing the kernel to 16kB page
size [1] and using write through-caches plus some extra hacks. Needless
to say the solution is about as stupid as something can be and is probably
going to perform worse than a uniprocessor ...
Ralf
[1] good idea for other reasons but completly stupid in this context
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2003-01-23 23:17 A question on Linux SMP and cache coherency Adam Kiepul
2003-01-24 14:31 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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2003-01-23 23:21 Adam Kiepul
2003-01-23 23:32 ` Keith Owens
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