Cache On and ECC clear
Li-Ta Lo
ollie at lanl.gov
Fri Mar 26 17:01:00 CET 2004
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 ?
Isn't it just one line in C to clear the memory ? Why not use
string instruction instead of mov ?
Ollie
> Eric
>
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