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Re: SOSEND_LOAN problems in MIPS



On 07/12/16 16:07, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 05:56:24PM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
It's very CPU dependent.  Maybe the CPUs used on your sgimips
don't have the problem.  It's related to virtual cache aliasing.
Do I understand correctly that if I build a 16K page kernel, the problem
will go away -- though I'll lose a little bit of efficiency?

yes.

That said, I think the pmap deals with virtual cache aliasing correctly now.



Thor

Nick


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