Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:19:50 -0800 (PST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] add a clear_pages function to clear pages of higher order |
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Andi Kleen wrote:
> It does not make any sense if you think of it - the memory bus > of the CPU cannot be that much faster than the cache.
The memory bus would be able to reach a higher rate if properly optimized for sequential writes to memory. A cache typically does random writes. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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