Hi,
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 03:57:04PM -0500, Sunil Kumar wrote:
>
> Can anybody can explain me about what following IPI's does in linux.
>
> 1. MTRR IPI
Remote call telling the CPU to reread the mtrr (memory type range
register) table to reset the local CPU's mtrr
> 2. INVALIDATE IPI
Remote call telling the CPU to invalidate TLB entries for page
table entries which have been modified by a different CPU
> 3. RESCHEDULE IPI
Remote call telling the CPU to perform a reschedule: another CPU
has woken up a process which will best be scheduled on the CPU
receiving the IPI
--Stephen
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