[parisc-linux] itlb miss handler optimizations!

Grant Grundler grundler@parisc-linux.org
Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:51:55 -0600


On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:43:27PM +0200, Joel Soete wrote:
> hmm what is an interlock? (just to complet my knowledge)

It's the logic in a CPU to stall an instruction which is waiting
for the results of a previous instruction.
ie the register contents used by the second instruction are not valid
until any previous instruction actually completes.

grant