From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:24:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:24:41 -0400 Received: from f00f.stub.clear.net.nz ([203.167.224.51]:61959 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:24:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:24:20 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Jamie Lokier Cc: "David S. Miller" , David Woodhouse , Jeff Garzik , bjornw@axis.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Missing cache flush. Message-ID: <20010606112419.A24800@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <15132.22933.859130.119059@pizda.ninka.net> <13942.991696607@redhat.com> <3B1C1872.8D8F1529@mandrakesoft.com> <15132.15829.322534.88410@pizda.ninka.net> <20010605155550.C22741@metastasis.f00f.org> <25587.991730769@redhat.com> <15132.40298.80954.434805@pizda.ninka.net> <20010605190128.A12204@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010605190128.A12204@pcep-jamie.cern.ch>; from lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:01:28PM +0200 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:01:28PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote: Whether this works depends on the cache line replacement policy. It will always work with LRU, for example, and probably everything else that exists. But it is not guaranteed, is it? Getting way OT here... didn't the K6 or something have the ability to lock cache lines? --cw