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Re: SOSEND_LOAN problems in MIPS



Hello,

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:07:55 -0400
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> 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?

And *that* would explain why I didn't see the problem on Loongson either.

have fun
Michael


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