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In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011171034270.11407-100000@zeppo.feral.com> Matthew Jacob writes:
: In  case there's ever a sparc port, all of the worthwhile sparc machines have
: register onchip too.

Ditto MIPS.  There's a random register, but it is just a cycle counter
that you can use to pick which TLB entry to shoot if you have to
randomly pick one.

Warner


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