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SubjectRe: Where to call L2 cache enabling code from?
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On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 12:00 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
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> arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c has a bunch of workarounds for various
> issues. Is there a valid use-case for ever booting with cache disabled
> though? If so, this should probably be a boot-time option to enable it.

Yes, disabling the cache is useful to debug bad hardware. If the CPU
cache is bad, then disabling it might make things work again and you
know what needs to be replaced.
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Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
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