what about the cache? Does the current kernel use the cache efficiently?
---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:55:48 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 2.6 Kernel , Xilinx Virtex and PPC 405 On chip memory > controllers ( DSOCM and ISOCM ) > CC: [email protected] > > On 4/24/07, Mohammad Sadegh Sadri wrote: > > > > suppose that in my base system I have included 8kbytes of memory for DS OCM > > and 8K for IS OCM, > > I have generated the proper xparameters.h and copied it into kernel > > > > Now I want to know if kernel will use this portion of memory during it's > > operation? > > Does this increase performance? > > No, it won't use that memory as general purpose RAM. You can make use > of it in device drivers (ie. for DMA space), but you'll need to write > the code to support it. > > Cheers, > g. > > -- > Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng. > Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (403) 399-0195 _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list [email protected] https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
