Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932504AbXBST5I (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:57:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932486AbXBST5I (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:57:08 -0500 Received: from caffeine.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.17]:46599 "EHLO caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932504AbXBST5G (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:57:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:57:04 -0500 To: Roland Dreier Cc: takada , pcnet32@verizon.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MediaGX/GeodeGX1 requires X86_OOSTORE. Message-ID: <20070219195704.GT7582@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20070216222728.GF7585@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20070216224824.GG7585@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20070217000019.GH7582@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20070217.231113.193678444.takada@mbf.nifty.com> <20070219145514.GO7582@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 785 Lines: 18 On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:48:27AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is any way to flush a cache line of the cpu to > > force rereading system memory for a given address or address range? > > There is the "clflush" instruction, but not all x86 CPUs support it. > You need to check the CPUID flag to know for sure (/proc/cpuinfo will > show a "clflush" flag if it is supported). Well I will check for that. Of course it is still possible that is it actually the network chip screwing up somehow. -- Len Sorensen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/