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From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: framebuffer corruption due to overlapping stp instructions on
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Hi!

> > Can you run the test program on x86 using the similar framebuffer
> > setup?  Does doing two writes (one aligned and one unaligned but
> > overlapping with previous one) cause the same issue?  I suspect it
> > does, then using memcpy for frame buffers is wrong.

I'm pretty sure it will work ok on x86.

> Overlapping unaligned writes work on x86 - they have to, because of=20
> backward compatibility.

It is not that easy. 8086s (and similar) did not have MTRRs and PATs
either. Overlapping unaligned writes _on main memory_, _with normal
MTRR settings_ certainly work ok on x86.

Chances is memory type can be configured to work similar way on your
ARM/PCIe case?

> 8086, 80286 and 80386 didn't have any cache at all.

386s had cache (but not on die).
									Pavel
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