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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [v3] command/cache: Add flush command
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:01:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130406070150.54B072002D9@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <515F5812.8030008@freescale.com>

Dear York Sun,

In message <515F5812.8030008@freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> > adding new:
> > 
> > 	dcache flush			=> flush all
> > 	dcache flush <addr> <size>	=> flush range
> > 
> > I think this makes more sense.  Comments?
> 
> It would if the command only deals with dcache. This command flushes
> dcache _and_ invalidates icache.

Then the name "flush" is even more a bad choice.

> If "flush_cache" is acceptable, we can use v2. If not, please suggest
> one. My candidates are "flushcache", "cacheflush".

Can we not split this into:

	dcache flush
	icache invalidate

?  This would make clear what's happening.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-06  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-05 20:50 [U-Boot] [v3] command/cache: Add flush command York Sun
2013-04-05 21:00 ` Tom Rini
2013-04-05 21:09   ` York Sun
2013-04-05 22:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-05 23:02   ` York Sun
2013-04-06  7:01     ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2013-04-07  3:31       ` sun york-R58495
2013-04-07  8:29         ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-08 17:45           ` sun york-R58495
2013-04-08 18:35             ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-08 19:05               ` Scott Wood
2013-04-08 19:18                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-08 19:31                   ` Scott Wood
2013-04-09 17:45                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-10  0:58                       ` Scott Wood
2013-04-10  2:07                         ` [U-Boot] DWMMC / DWMCI question TigerLiu at viatech.com.cn
2013-04-10 11:58                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-11  1:43                             ` TigerLiu at viatech.com.cn
2013-04-10 11:54                         ` [U-Boot] [v3] command/cache: Add flush command Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-10 19:42                           ` Scott Wood
2013-04-10 21:04                             ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-10 21:10                               ` Scott Wood
2013-04-10 22:50                                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-10 23:00                                   ` Scott Wood
2013-04-11 11:56                                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-04-08 19:50           ` Scott Wood
2013-04-09 17:48             ` Wolfgang Denk

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