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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mtest: Disable dcache during test
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:30:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120902163023.6AC19203B2F@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1725235724.2300239.1344694624384.JavaMail.root@advansee.com>

Dear Beno?t Th?baudeau,

In message <1725235724.2300239.1344694624384.JavaMail.root@advansee.com> you wrote:
> 
> On 08/11/2012 05:18 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
...
> > if you want dcache disabled, then why don't you run `dcache off`
> > first ?  i
> > think it's useful to be able to do both, and forcing it one way is
> > wrong.
> > 
> > thus, NAK from me.
> > -mike
> 
> Because you will very likely trust mtest and forget about running `dcache off`
> first, so you may then be happy about falsely positive mtest results. Moreover,
> I can't find any sense or usefulness in running mtest with dcache enabled.

I agree with Mike.

"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things,  because
that would also stop you from doing clever things."       - Doug Gwyn

So NAK from me, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-09-02 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-10 19:16 [U-Boot] [PATCH] mtest: Disable dcache during test Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11  3:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-11 14:17   ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11 17:50     ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-11 18:49       ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-09-02 16:30     ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2012-09-03 14:25       ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-09-03 16:50         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-09-03 21:14           ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-09-03 23:30             ` Graeme Russ
2012-09-04  6:41               ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-04  6:43                 ` Graeme Russ
2012-09-04  7:23         ` Wolfgang Denk
     [not found] <CANYL96C2=fYHoTAp0SQird-Yz1W2JPq22U=3q4ZFKgwomXxODA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-11 20:05 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11 20:15   ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-11 20:25     ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-14  6:27     ` Albert ARIBAUD

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