From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 14 16:27:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA19432 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:27:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA19339 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:27:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA24362; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:57:21 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA08353; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:57:20 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980215105720.23039@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:57:20 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: patl@phoenix.volant.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x86 memory performance 'flaw' ? References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from patl@phoenix.volant.org on Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 11:30:34AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 14 February 1998 at 11:30:34 -0800, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > I just came across a site that claims that there is a design 'flaw' > that affects memory/cache performance for all recent x86 processors; > and provides a work-around. I'm interested in the opinions of the > wizards on this list. The URL is: > > http://www.intelligentfirm.com/ This looks like the thing discovered by Georg Schnurer of c't magazine. I'll try to dig out the issue and see what they thought of it. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message