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RE: MPC8260 cache patch

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 15:54, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 07:43, Robin Farine wrote:
> > Ah, now I understand, this CPU doesn't have a paged MMU but a few
> > registers to map big segments. One candidate to remove from the list for
> > future designs, thanks for the info :)
> 
> Don't be so hasty!  The PowerPC *does* have a full MMU, but it also
> has much simpler mapping mechanisms which we use for eCos that are
> lighter and easier to use.

Oops! This makes everything crystal clear (so I retract what I said). 

Thanks for the correction.

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rnf
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