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Re: [PATCH] PPC64 enable hp-timing
- From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel dot crashing dot org>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Steve Munroe <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, decimal at us dot ibm dot com, Thomas Gall <tgall at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:08:29 +1100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] PPC64 enable hp-timing
- References: <20051031015520.8DA241809DA@magilla.sf.frob.com>
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 17:55 -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > Well if this is a problem, i386, ia64, and x86_64 have it too. They are
> > all implemented the same way. sparc64 uses an 8K buffer.
>
> In fact all these functions are all looking for just one string and it will
> always in reality appear well before the first 4k.
No, on ppc64, it will be at the end.
Ben.