Cache On and ECC clear
Eric W. Biederman
ebiederman at lnxi.com
Fri Mar 26 19:13:01 CET 2004
Li-Ta Lo <ollie at lanl.gov> writes:
> On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 01:06, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Li-Ta Lo <ollie at lanl.gov> writes:
> >
> > > Eric,
> > >
> > > I tried to call cache_on() first than the cpufixeup()
> > > in cpu.c to fix the "slow ecc clear" problem. It still
> > > works that way. Is there any reason we can't do this ?
> >
> > Hmm. I don't see this. I have the cache on and things
> > clear quite quickly. I may have a slightly different calling
> > order then the standard tree.
> >
> > Ollie can you compare what is checked into the tree with
> > the last release I did for Lightning? It works there...
> >
>
> BTW, why are you using inline asm to clearing the memory ?
Mostly it was just a copy from the romcc code. And I have
a little distrust of compilers when I want a tight loop.
> Isn't it just one line in C to clear the memory ? Why not use
> string instruction instead of mov ?
A string mov instruction is slower.
Eric
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