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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: sathesh babu <sathesh_edara2003@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Setting Write through mode in linux-2.6.18.2 kernel ( MIPS 24KE)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:04:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070118120452.GB4440@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42504.24060.qm@web7902.mail.in.yahoo.com>

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:33:31AM +0000, sathesh babu wrote:

>     I am porting linux-2.6.18.2 kernel on MIPS 24KE processor.

Strange, I though we already did that years ago ...

>   I would like to configure  write through cache mode.
>    
>   I checked the cache defines ( asm-mips/pgtable-bits.h) .
>    
>   Only write back mode is defined for MIPS32.
>    
>   Does the linux-2.6.18.2 kernel ( on MIPS 24KE) have support for write through mode?.
>   Could you please tell me write through mode is there in linux-2.6.18.2 kernel for MIPS 24KE.

Just set CONF_CM_DEFAULT to the cache mode of choice.

But why would you want to use a slower cache mode anyway ...

  Ralf

      reply	other threads:[~2007-01-18 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-18  2:33 Setting Write through mode in linux-2.6.18.2 kernel ( MIPS 24KE) sathesh babu
2007-01-18 12:04 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]

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