> RTM == restricted transactional memory. I don't understand why it's > "restricted" and why any other architecture else would call it that and
It's restricted as in there is no guarantee that a transaction ever succeeds and always needs a fallback path. My understanding is that this is true for PPC too, but not necessarily zSeries. > hence why Linux should call it that? > > Can we just call it TM for transactional memory? Each arch can then > have their own implementation and call it what they want. I don't think the name will stop them to do anything. If people feel strongly about it can change it, but it's not actually making a real difference. -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
