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SubjectRe: virtual vs physical addresses to cache functions
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:26, John Linn wrote:
> Maybe this is a dumb question...

you should see the stuff people put into hardware ...

> I believe that the kernel expects virtual addresses to be passed to the
> defined cache functions across all architectures.

i believe they're virtual since most (sane) hardware virtual memory
implementations are done with caches based on virtual addresses, but
what do i know (leading into next point ...)

> Looking at PowerPC and Blackfin confirm this I think.

the Blackfin arch (which is what i work on) is a bad example as it
lacks virtual memory support
-mike
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