freebsd-dev/sys/sparc64
Marcel Moolenaar dbb95048da Add cpu_flush_dcache() for use after non-DMA based I/O so that a
possible future I-cache coherency operation can succeed. On ARM
for example the L1 cache can be (is) virtually mapped, which
means that any I/O that uses temporary mappings will not see the
I-cache made coherent. On ia64 a similar behaviour has been
observed. By flushing the D-cache, execution of binaries backed
by md(4) and/or NFS work reliably.
For Book-E (powerpc), execution over NFS exhibits SIGILL once in
a while as well, though cpu_flush_dcache() hasn't been implemented
yet.

Doing an explicit D-cache flush as part of the non-DMA based I/O
read operation eliminates the need to do it as part of the
I-cache coherency operation itself and as such avoids pessimizing
the DMA-based I/O read operations for which D-cache are already
flushed/invalidated. It also allows future optimizations whereby
the bcopy() followed by the D-cache flush can be integrated in a
single operation, which could be implemented using on-chips DMA
engines, by-passing the D-cache altogether.
2009-05-18 18:37:18 +00:00
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central Hook up the generic OFW pnpinfo string method. 2009-03-19 21:14:45 +00:00
compile
conf - Use "device\t" and "options \t" for consistency. 2009-05-10 00:00:25 +00:00
ebus - Sort device methods. 2009-03-19 20:31:55 +00:00
fhc Hook up the generic OFW pnpinfo string method. 2009-03-19 21:14:45 +00:00
include Don't conditionally define CACHE_LINE_SHIFT, as we anticipate sizing 2009-04-20 12:59:23 +00:00
isa Add device found in B100. 2009-03-19 20:57:59 +00:00
pci Bring the implementation of the pnpinfo string function more in 2009-03-19 21:12:44 +00:00
sbus Hook up the generic OFW pnpinfo string method. 2009-03-19 21:14:45 +00:00
sparc64 Add cpu_flush_dcache() for use after non-DMA based I/O so that a 2009-05-18 18:37:18 +00:00