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SubjectRe: x86, ARM, PARISC, PPC, MIPS and Sparc folks please run this
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:37:50AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > sh (VIPT cache):
> >
> > Test separation: 4096 bytes: FAIL - cache not coherent
> > Test separation: 8192 bytes: FAIL - cache not coherent
> > Test separation: 16384 bytes: pass
>
> A VIVT cache can do that, but I think a VIPT cache should always be coherent.
> Do I misunderstand?
>
There's nothing stating that VIPT == automatic coherency, as is obviously the
case for sh, where we are completely VIPT, but are also non coherent.

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