From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <hidden> Date: 2000-01-21 15:29:56
On Fri, Jan 21, 2000, Gabriel Paubert [off-list ref] wrote:
Bridges also may reorder writes and burst them, eieio can be used to
prevent this. That's not only the processor effect...
My understanding of the PCI spec is that bridges are not allowed to
re-order. They an combine for burst but they are forbidden to do any
reordering.
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