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SubjectRe: CPU/cache detection wrong
FromAlexander Hoogerhuis <>
Date01 Oct 2002 09:21:26 +0200
Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:43:16PM +0200, Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote:
> 
>  > PU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febf9ff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
>  > Cache info byte: 50
> 
> Instruction TLB (ignored)
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 5B
> 
> Data TLB (ignored)
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 66
> 
> 8K L1 data cache
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
>  > Cache info byte: 00
> 
> Null
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 40
> 
> No 3rd level cache.
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 70
> 
> 12K-uops trace cache
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 7B
> 
> 512K L2 cache
> 
>  > Cache info byte: 00
> 
> Null.
> 
>  > CPU: L1 I cache: 0K, L1 D cache: 8K
>  > CPU: L2 cache: 512K
> 

Here we go:

CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
CPU: L2 cache: 512K

But my BIOS still say I should have 8Kb/8Kb I/D L1 cache... oh
well. I'm sure Alan Cox would just write it up as marketing, since
thats about how reliable a BIOS is :)

ttfn,
A
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