On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, veerasena reddy wrote:
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> I have ported Linux-2.6.18 kernel on MIPS24KE
> processor. I am using write back cache policy.
> 
> Could you please guide me under what cases the below
> cache API's are being used:
> - dma_cache_wback_inv() : Could you explain  what
> exactly this function does

It does both write back and invalidate.

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> - dma_cache_wback() : This function write back the
> cache data to memory
> - dma_cache_inv  : This function invalidate the cache
> tags. so subsequent access will fetch from memory.

Note that 2.6.18 is old. The above functions are intended to be removed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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