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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_page.h
In-Reply-To: <199908122116.OAA56955@freefall.freebsd.org> from Alan Cox at "Aug 12, 1999 02:16:55 pm"
To: alc@FreeBSD.org (Alan Cox)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:58:43 -0700 (PDT)
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> alc         1999/08/12 14:16:55 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/vm               vm_page.h 
>   Log:
>   Make the default page coloring parameters match a (non-Xeon) Pentium II/III.
>   
>   This setting is also acceptable for Celerons and Pentium Pros
>   with less than 1MB L2 caches.
>   
>   Note: PQ_L2_SIZE is a misnomer.  The correct number of colors is
>   a function of the cache's degree of associativity as well as its size.

Yea... has anyone looked at creating the right color scheme for the
AMD K6-III 4-way L2 cache?  If access to the correct hardware is an issue
I should be able to help with that.


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Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25)                    rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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