On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 16:19 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that no ppc64 machine needs alias resolution in the kernel,
> although some are VIPT. Last time we discussed this, Segher explained it
> to me, but I don't remember which way Cell does it. IIRC, it automatically
> flushes cache lines that are accessed through aliases.
Ah yes, I remember reading about this automatic flushing thing. I don't
know how the caches actually work on most of our PPC's, but the fact is,
we don't have aliasing issues, so I can safely ignore it for a bit
longer :-)
There are some aliasing issues with the instruction cache specifically
on some 4xx models but that's irrelevant to this discussion (and I think
we handle them elsewhere anyway).
Ben.
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