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.Dd March 29, 2002 .Dt ARM_DRAIN_WRITEBUF 2 arm .Os .Sh NAME .Nm arm_drain_writebuf .Nd drains the CPU write buffer .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libarm .Sh SYNOPSIS n machine/sysarch.h .Ft int .Fn arm_drain_writebuf .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn arm_drain_writebuf will make sure that all the entries in the processor write buffer are written out to memory.

p Not all processors support this operation (currently only the SA110). Those processes that do not treat this function as a null-op. .Sh ERRORS .Fn arm_drain_writebuf will never fail so will always return 0. .Sh REFERENCES StrongARM Data Sheet