From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932381AbVHRRxk (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932375AbVHRRxj (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:39 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:4003 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932365AbVHRRxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] cache pollution aware __copy_from_user_ll() From: Lee Revell To: Akira Tsukamoto Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050818002425.6E90.AKIRA-T@suna-asobi.com> References: <98df96d305081622107ca969f@mail.gmail.com> <20050817233001.6E7C.AKIRA-T@suna-asobi.com> <20050818002425.6E90.AKIRA-T@suna-asobi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:35 -0400 Message-Id: <1124387615.5973.28.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 00:27 +0900, Akira Tsukamoto wrote: > My computer with Athlon K7 was faster with manually prefetching, > but I did not know it is already becoming obsolete. > Don't listen to people who tell you $FOO hardware is obsolete, they have a very narrow view. "Obsolete" is meaningless except in reference to some specific application. The 386 is obsolete on the desktop but still common on the embedded market. Lee