Re: [Xenomai-core] Whether can Xenomai bypass the cache?

2011-03-06 Thread arethe rtai
3x for your response, I am a software developer in field of industrial
control system. These systems require hard real-time support, even
exact temporal behavior. The cache is a major source of uncertainty,
is it necessary to disable cache for some critical hard real-time
tasks? I am looking forward to your professional adivce.
3x
regards arethe

2011/3/6 Philippe Gerum :
> On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 14:05 +0800, arethe rtai wrote:
>> Hello:
>>     As known, cache can accelerate the memory access, but
>> unfortunately, it would decrease the predictability of real-time tasks'
>> temporal behaviour. Many tasks of our application prefer
>> predictability to the speed of execution. Intel's processors after P6
>> include MTRR and PAT, both the two units can be used to bypass the
>> cache.
>>     I wonder whether Xenomai can bypass the cache, and whether Xenomai
>> can manage the MTRR or PAT?
>
>
> No.
>
>> If the answers are true, how to use the
>> function?
>> 3x
>> arethe
>>
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Re: [Xenomai-core] Whether can Xenomai bypass the cache?

2011-03-06 Thread Philippe Gerum
On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 14:05 +0800, arethe rtai wrote:
> Hello:
> As known, cache can accelerate the memory access, but
> unfortunately, it would decrease the predictability of real-time tasks'
> temporal behaviour. Many tasks of our application prefer
> predictability to the speed of execution. Intel's processors after P6
> include MTRR and PAT, both the two units can be used to bypass the
> cache.
> I wonder whether Xenomai can bypass the cache, and whether Xenomai
> can manage the MTRR or PAT? 


No.

> If the answers are true, how to use the
> function?
> 3x
> arethe
> 
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