From: "Michael S. Zick" <mszick@morethan.org>
To: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Heavy Iron Reference Docs
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 06:27:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200605020627.21319.mszick@morethan.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060502062442.GC14414@colo.lackof.org>
On Tue May 2 2006 01:24, Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 06:28:26PM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote:
>
- - - -
> > Is it not the PxTLB transactions that implement the inter-processor
> > coherency?
>
> I don't think so.
>
Makes sense, the hardware function transactions, such as coherency
transactions are usually not accessable by even kernel code.
Ignoring diagnostic features of course.
>
>
> Do you honestly think the HP HW engineers were _that_ stupid?
>
No.
But programmers of old hardware are not always up to the same
standard. Typo's, Think-o's, and Brain Farts happen.
Mike
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-30 3:50 [parisc-linux] Heavy Iron Reference Docs Michael S. Zick
2006-04-30 4:36 ` John David Anglin
2006-04-30 17:13 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-04-30 21:25 ` John David Anglin
2006-04-30 23:01 ` Michael S. Zick
2006-04-30 23:28 ` Michael S. Zick
2006-05-02 6:24 ` Grant Grundler
2006-05-02 11:27 ` Michael S. Zick [this message]
2006-04-30 23:30 ` John David Anglin
2006-05-01 3:23 ` Michael S. Zick
2006-05-02 6:00 ` Grant Grundler
2006-05-02 15:10 ` John David Anglin
2006-05-02 15:13 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-05-02 15:41 ` John David Anglin
2006-04-30 7:03 ` Grant Grundler
2006-04-30 13:12 ` Michael S. Zick
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