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From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with shared L2 cache
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:32:18 +0200
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 04:31:50PM +0200, Hristo Tomov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
>         I have following problem with KVM. I have quad-core processor
> Xeon X7350 ( 8MB L2 cache ). The processor shares 4 MB L2 cache on two
> cores. By XEN emulation the guest system have 4 MB cache at disposal.
> 
Cache information is meaningless in virtual environment. Your
performance problem lies somewhere else. Trying -cpu host is a good idea
nevertheless.

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			Gleb.