Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 1 Nov 2000 01:47:20 +0100 (CET) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Odd. When I profile Linux with EMON, I see tons of them. Anywhere code > does > > mov eax, addr > mov [addr], ebx
AGIs were a real problem on P5 class Intel CPUs. On P6 core CPUs, most forms of addresses (except memory writes) do not generate any AGIs. And the AGI on P6 cores does not keep up the pipeline, unless you reuse the same address. (which would be stupid in most cases) I bet Crusoe's have no AGIs at all. Do you see the trend in CPU design?
Ingo
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