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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c index c25cf7cd45e9..33ee34fc0828 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c @@ -10,16 +10,7 @@ * * We create two sets of source and destination buffers, one in regular memory, * the other cache-inhibited (by default we use /dev/fb0 for this, but an - * alterative path for cache-inhibited memory may be provided). - * - * One way to get cache-inhibited memory is to use the "mem" kernel parameter - * to limit the kernel to less memory than actually exists. Addresses above - * the limit may still be accessed but will be treated as cache-inhibited. For - * example, if there is actually 4GB of memory and the parameter "mem=3GB" is - * used, memory from address 0xC0000000 onwards is treated as cache-inhibited. - * To access this region /dev/mem is used. The kernel should be configured - * without CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM. In this case use: - * ./alignment_handler /dev/mem 0xc0000000 + * alterative path for cache-inhibited memory may be provided, e.g. memtrace). * * We initialise the source buffers, then use whichever set of load/store * instructions is under test to copy bytes from the source buffers to the |