Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Werner > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> why are you curious? >> >> I have never heard about movntdqa. Have you ever tried it? >> May be it is a good idea to try i out. > > I've never tried it, but in theory it should be comparably fast as > compared to WT. > >

Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: > Hi, > > why are you curious? > > I have never heard about movntdqa. Have you ever tried it? > May be it is a good idea to try i out. I've never tried it, but in theory it should be comparably fast as compared to WT. --Andy -- To

Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
_PAGE_CACHE_WB; >>> + else >>> return _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; >>> - >>> - return _PAGE_CACHE_WB; >>> + >>> } >>> >>> return req_type; >>> >> >> That seems more or less reasonable to me. If you want it incl

Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread wernerandy
t;> > > That seems more or less reasonable to me. If you want it included, > send it to x...@kernel.org (cc lkml) and see what they say. > > It would be prettier if you combined the conditions into a single > if/else, though. > >> >> Best regards. >>

Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andy Lutomirski
t; return req_type; > That seems more or less reasonable to me. If you want it included, send it to x...@kernel.org (cc lkml) and see what they say. It would be prettier if you combined the conditions into a single if/else, though. > > Best regards. > > > Gesendet: Montag, 12.

Aw: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
E_CACHE_WB; +  else return _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; -  -  return _PAGE_CACHE_WB; +   }     return req_type;     Best regards.   Gesendet: Montag, 12. August 2013 um 19:53 Uhr Von: "Andy Lutomirski" An: "Andreas Werner" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: question about

Aw: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
return _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; -  -  return _PAGE_CACHE_WB; +   }     return req_type;     Best regards.   Gesendet: Montag, 12. August 2013 um 19:53 Uhr Von: Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net An: Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: question about

Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andy Lutomirski
. Best regards. Gesendet: Montag, 12. August 2013 um 19:53 Uhr Von: Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net An: Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT On 08/11/2013 09:50 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: Hi i have a question

Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread wernerandy
. Best regards. Gesendet: Montag, 12. August 2013 um 19:53 Uhr Von: Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net An: Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT On 08/11/2013 09:50 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: Hi i have a question

Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net An: Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT On 08/11/2013 09:50 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: Hi i have a question about ioremap_cache and the resulting PAT attribute on X86 system. If I configure

Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, why are you curious? I have never heard about movntdqa. Have you ever tried it? May be it is a good idea to try i out. I've never tried it, but in theory it should be comparably fast as compared to WT. --Andy --

Re: Re: Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-23 Thread Andreas Werner
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Werner wernera...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, why are you curious? I have never heard about movntdqa. Have you ever tried it? May be it is a good idea to try i out. I've never tried it, but in theory it should be comparably fast as compared to WT.

Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-12 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On 08/11/2013 09:50 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: > Hi i have a question about ioremap_cache and the resulting PAT attribute on > X86 system. If I configure the mtrr to Write-Through for an adress range, and > call ioremap_cache to map the mmio, the resulting PAT attribute is set to UC. > If I check

Re: question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-12 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On 08/11/2013 09:50 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: Hi i have a question about ioremap_cache and the resulting PAT attribute on X86 system. If I configure the mtrr to Write-Through for an adress range, and call ioremap_cache to map the mmio, the resulting PAT attribute is set to UC. If I check the

question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-11 Thread Andreas Werner
Hi i have a question about ioremap_cache and the resulting PAT attribute on X86 system. If I configure the mtrr to Write-Through for an adress range, and call ioremap_cache to map the mmio, the resulting PAT attribute is set to UC. If I check the Intel document IA-32 SDM vol 3a, the resulting

question about ioremap_cache and PAT

2013-08-11 Thread Andreas Werner
Hi i have a question about ioremap_cache and the resulting PAT attribute on X86 system. If I configure the mtrr to Write-Through for an adress range, and call ioremap_cache to map the mmio, the resulting PAT attribute is set to UC. If I check the Intel document IA-32 SDM vol 3a, the resulting