Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...>, Trent Piepho <tpiepho@...>, Russell King <rmk+lkml@...>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...>, David Miller <davem@...>, <linux-arch@...>, <scottwood@...>, <linuxppc-dev@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
> Anyway, Intel certainly seems to document that WC memory is serialized by
I don't believe that is actually true on Pentium Pro at least.
Notably graphics where 3Dfx lined the registers up specifically to make
this work. We were also using it with I²O where it gave a small
performance gain.
Alan
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