Subj : Re: load-after-store reordering for x86 wrt smr...
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Tue Mar 15 2005 04:08 pm


Joe Seigh wrote:
[...]
> Yes, but if they "fix" it, it will be worse, not better, like alpha memory
> architecture.

Why worse, not better? Alpha doesn't have msync::dd* labeling, it 
has heavier bidirectional rmb and mb. But that doesn't mean that 
others can't do/"fix" it better than Alpha. Oder?

regards,
alexander.

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