[parisc-linux] Heavy Iron Reference Docs

[Michael S. Zick]

On Tue May 2 2006 01:24, Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 06:28:26PM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote:
>
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> > Is it not the PxTLB transactions that implement the inter-processor
> > coherency?
> 
> I don't think so.
>

Makes sense, the hardware function transactions, such as coherency
transactions are usually not accessable by even kernel code.

Ignoring diagnostic features of course.
 
> 
> 
> Do you honestly think the HP HW engineers were _that_ stupid?
> 

No.
But programmers of old hardware are not always up to the same
standard.  Typo's, Think-o's, and Brain Farts happen.

Mike