Re: [VIA Support] was: [BUG FIX] Make x86_32 uni-processor Atomic ops, Atomic

["Michael S. Zick" <lkml@morethan.org>]

On Wed May 27 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> On Sun May 24 2009, Harald Welte wrote:
> > 
> > Once I understand it in full detail, I can talk to the right people inside
> > CentaurLabs (VIA's CPU division).  
> > 
> > If somebody (optionally) can phrase a precise technical question that I can
> > directly forward to somebody with low-level x86 knowledge but no Linux background,
> > it would definitely help speeding up the process.
> > 
> 
> What is the PCI Cache Line size in the CX700?  In the CN896?
> 
> Ref:
> arch/x86/pci/common.c
> 
> As in:
>         /*
>          * Assume PCI cacheline size of 32 bytes for all x86s except K7/K8
>          * and P4. It's also good for 386/486s (which actually have 16)
>          * as quite a few PCI devices do not support smaller values.
>          */
> 
>         pci_cache_line_size = 32 >> 2;
>         if (c->x86 >= 6 && c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)
>                 pci_cache_line_size = 64 >> 2;  /* K7 & K8 */
>         else if (c->x86 > 6 && c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
>                 pci_cache_line_size = 128 >> 2; /* P4 */
> 
> A problem with cache coherency, alignment, or consistency would explain
> the problems I am seeing - and the differences in the test cases.
> 

Related speculations: 
http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=6987#p6987

Mike