Subject: Re: adding a _cacheflush() function to libc (libarch)
To: None <port-m68k@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: port-m68k
Date: 12/02/1998 22:45:10
On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 11:01:17PM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> people maintaining self-modifying code (obj-c compiler writers, java JIT
> compiler writers etc) currently have to guess how to synchronize i-cache and
> d-cache on our d-cache machines (or grep through the kernel sources). See
> pr 4951 and back-then port-amiga or port-m68k discussions.
> 
> 
> So, to close pr 4951, I plan to do something like this. Comments please.
> 
> cacheflush.S, to go into libc (or libarch?) on m68k:

Jason Thorpe thought it was better to provide the same interface on all
architectures. My revised proposal was just submitted to tech-user@netbsd.org.

	-is