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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dscr.rst (renamed from Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt) | 18 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.rst index ece300c64f76..2ab99006014c 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.rst @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ - DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) - ================================================ +=================================== +DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) +=================================== DSCR register in powerpc allows user to have some control of prefetch of data stream in the processor. Please refer to the ISA documents or related manual @@ -10,14 +11,17 @@ user interface. (A) Data Structures: - (1) thread_struct: + (1) thread_struct:: + dscr /* Thread DSCR value */ dscr_inherit /* Thread has changed default DSCR */ - (2) PACA: + (2) PACA:: + dscr_default /* per-CPU DSCR default value */ - (3) sysfs.c: + (3) sysfs.c:: + dscr_default /* System DSCR default value */ (B) Scheduler Changes: @@ -35,8 +39,8 @@ user interface. (C) SYSFS Interface: - Global DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/dscr_default - CPU specific DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/dscr + - Global DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/dscr_default + - CPU specific DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/dscr Changing the global DSCR default in the sysfs will change all the CPU specific DSCR defaults immediately in their PACA structures. Again if |