consistent_alloc() on 82xx

[Alex Zeffertt]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:15:17 +0300
Pantelis Antoniou <panto at intracom.gr> wrote:

> Dan Malek wrote:
> > 
> > On Jun 8, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zeffertt wrote:
> > 
> >> Does anybody know why it isn't built for 6xx cores?
> > 
> > 
> > Because 6xx cores are cache coherent and there shouldn't
> > be any need for "uncached" memory regions.
> > 
> >> I'm working on the ATM driver and it seems that certain external
> >memory> areas accessed by the PQII CPM by-pass the cache.
> > 
> > 
> > That's news to me, and I've written lots of CPM drivers, including
> > ATM. Do you have a specific example?
> > 
> 
> I may also need consistent_alloc for some testing reasons Dan. :)
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> >     -- Dan
> > 
> 
> If I build arch/ppc/mm/cachemap.c will it work for 82xx? Any reason
> not to?
> 

Hi Pantelis,

I tried this in an attempt to work around my problem of the CPM
bypassing the cache but it didn't work for me....

Alex