Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:51:47 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New LINT options: what is VM coloring? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9807270950190.631-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199807262349.SAA05217@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > > Actually, the L1 cache is where it's most important (see paper references > > in my previous posting). Also, the Alpha can significantly benefit from > > this, per Digital UNIX: > > > Is the L1 cache on the Alpha is direct mapped??? On the X86, it isn't. When > actually running tests, it doesn't seem to make ANY differences on the X86, > due to the very small number of pages, and the mapping scheme. I'm not too sure what the layout of the alpha caches are. I expect they are different on different processor generations. I really must start reading the processor manuals for these things... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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