From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:27:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p508B56DB.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.86.219]:40071 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:27:37 +0000 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBLCRaoK027164; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:27:36 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hBLCRZtU027163; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:27:35 +0100 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:27:35 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: karthikeyan natarajan Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Info needed about cache.. Message-ID: <20031221122735.GA26652@linux-mips.org> References: <20031221084425.35212.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031221084425.35212.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 3813 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:44:25AM +0000, karthikeyan natarajan wrote: > I would like learn about L1, L2 & L3 caches w.r.t > MIPS, in detail. Could you pls give me a pointer to > the document available on the Net... This information is horribly scattered over lots of resources. A well written and fun to read book is "See MIPS Run" by Dominik Sweetman; see also the literature section of www.linux-mips.com. The Hennesey & Patterson books looks at caches from a more theoretical perspective but provides the necessary background. Ralf