Incorrect. Alphas have write buffers - 6x32 bytes on ev5 and
4x64 on ev6, IIRC. So alphas do write up to 32 or 64 bytes
in a single pci transaction.
> Memory barriers are a separate issue. On the alpha the
> natural way to implement it would be in the page table fill code.
> Memory barriers are o.k. but the really don't help the case when what
> you want to do is read the latest value out of a pci register.
You don't need memory barrier for that. "Write memory barriers" are
used to ensure correct write order, and "memory barriers" are used
to ensure that all pending reads/writes will complete before next read
or write.
Ivan.
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