Re: 2.4: why is NR_GFPINDEX so large?

Timur Tabi
2000-06-21T20:37:27Z

** Reply to message from Puppetmaster <akhripin@mbhs.edu> on Wed, 21 Jun 2000
16:23:30 -0400 (EDT)

> > >Be aware
> > > of any cache footprint issues though.
> >
> > Ok, you just lost me. What's a "cache footprint"?
> Cache footprint refers to the amount of space code/data take up in the
> cache. This is important for code that is frequently executed, as it is
> very good performance-wise to have the nescessary data and code entirely
> in the L1 cache.

So what does that have to do with NR_GFPINDEX?

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