anderson@mips2.cr.bull.com (David Anderson) (12/07/90)
Is there a compelling reason why a user application program would want to utilize the "cacheflush" system call on an RC6260? What possible benefit would there be? Is there a scenario where it would HAVE to be used for a user program to run correctly? ============================================================================== Dave Anderson Bull HN Information Systems anderson@mips2.cr.bull.com 300 Concord Road - MA30-850A Billerica, MA 01821 508-294-3253 ==============================================================================
rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (12/08/90)
In article <1990Dec6.183520.15558@mips2.cr.bull.com> anderson@mips2.cr.bull.com (David Anderson) writes: > > Is there a compelling reason why a user application program would want to > utilize the "cacheflush" system call on an RC6260? What possible benefit > would there be? Is there a scenario where it would HAVE to be used for a > user program to run correctly? It is useful for interpreters which write code to data structures and then execute it. By the way, there is no such thing as an RC6260... ;-) It's the Bull DPS-2/500, right? -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. MS 6-05 930 DeGuigne Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 524-7421 rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "I'm the NLA" "The problem with the rat race is even if you win you're still a rat." - Tomlin