linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] Blackfin: arch patch for 2.6.18

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Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:58:27 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Roland Dreier" <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>, 
	"Luke Yang" <luke.adi@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Blackfin: arch patch for 2.6.18

On 9/22/06, Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com> wrote:
>  > > > +static char *cplb_print_entry(char *buf, int type)
>
>  > examples of acceptable interfaces?
>
> I don't know exactly what a CPLB is, but it looks like this file is
> something debugging-related.  So stick it in debugfs?

a CPLB is a blackfinisim for handling cache ... it stands for Cache
Protection Lookaside Buffer

and yes, our proc file for displaying the current software copies of
the data cplb and instruction cplb tables would probably be better
implemented via debugfs as there is no real upper limit on how big the
table can grow ...
-mike
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