Re: [PATCH] x86: eliminate redundant/contradicting cache line size config options

Andi Kleen
2009-11-19T17:53:54Z

Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> writes:
>
> AFAIKS, in any case that 128 byte alignment is used, cache footprint
> should not increased on a 64B line system, over 64 byte alignment.

Yes.

It's probably some silly bug somewhere. I don't think we should
completely abandon P4 systems (of which there are still plenty around)
just for silly bugs, that can be probably properly fixed.

-Andi

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