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From: Philippe Elie <phil.el@wanadoo.fr>
To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: michaelc <michaelc@turbolinux.com.cn>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: about PENTIUM4 cache line
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:52:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F40073D.6090202@wanadoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030817202534.GC3543@mail.jlokier.co.uk

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> michaelc wrote:
> 
>>     I read the Intel IA-32 developer's manual recently, and I found
>> the cache lines for L1 and L2 caches in Pentium4 are 64 bytes
>> wide, but the thing make me confused is that the default value
>> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT option in 2.4.x kernel is 7, why it's
>> not 6?   Any expanation about this would be appreciated!
> 
> 
> I don't recall seeing an answer to this.
> Was there one?

There is some confusion about P4 cache line size but

Intel Software Developer's Manual VOL 1

Page 2.12, Par 2.6:
"128-byte cache line size
  - Two 64-byte sectors"

regards,
Philippe Elie


      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-08-17 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-09  9:03 about PENTIUM4 cache line michaelc
2001-08-08 11:52 ` shutdown on pressing the ATX power button Sergei Haller
2001-08-09 17:56   ` Pavel Machek
2003-08-17 20:25 ` about PENTIUM4 cache line Jamie Lokier
2003-08-17 20:36   ` David B. Stevens
2003-08-17 20:45     ` Dave Jones
2003-08-17 20:58       ` David B. Stevens
2003-08-17 20:42   ` Dave Jones
2003-08-17 22:52   ` Philippe Elie [this message]

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