Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:03:38 -0400 (EDT) | From | linux kernel account <> | Subject | (Offtopic) Re: question about M2 "feature" |
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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> Mike Jagdis wrote: > > It isn't a special area of "scrathpad RAM". The 6x86MX allows you > > to lock down L1 cache lines. This means that the line will never > > be discard and hence you will never take a reload hit on the > > region of memory it is covering. Of course, you also have one > > less line of L1 cache available for general caching too... > > Ah. For those interested: Intel 960s have a similar arrangement. > > Roger.
For those of you interested: The TI-320C3x(/C4x) dsps allow you to do something remotely simmlar (You can make the entire cache read only)..
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