Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 20:47:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Page Coloring Message-ID: <200108030347.f733lIC01436@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Aug 2001 12:03:35 MDT." <20010802120335.A11520@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
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> If I added this to a man page would I be telling the truth :).
>
> Note, these are my notes and not the exact text that I would
> add, and I have not bother with anything to do with object
> coloring etc. I just want to make sure I've got this part
> down.
It looks about right, but page colouring is pointless unless and until we
can determine the processor cache characteristics at runtime.
Which we can't. Plus the code hardcodes all the relevant numbers. The
code needs fixing as well as documenting. 8(
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