| Date | Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:55:50 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Missing cache flush. |
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 07:03:01PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
The x86 doesn't have dumb caches, therefore it really doesn't need to flush anything. Maybe a mb(), but that is it.
What if the memory is erased underneath the CPU being aware of this? In such a way ig generates to bus traffic...
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