Re: Embedded linux: With or without MMU

I don't know which method the ARM uses.

With ARM the cache is between the MMU and the CPU. Thus you need to flush it when the MMU table is changed.

Thus with ARM for high performance you either don't use the MMU or do as little tasks switches as possible.

-Michael
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