Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 23 May 2001 01:43:30 +0200 (CEST) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Output of L1,L2 and L3 cache sizes to /proc/cpuinfo |
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On Wed, 23 May 2001, Tomas Telensky wrote:
> > Any particular reason this needs to be done in the kernel, as opposed > It is already done in kernel, because it's displaying :) > So, once evaluated, why not to give it to /proc/cpuinfo. I think it makes > sense and gives it things in order.
Displaying at boottime only means the function can be marked as initcode, and freed after usage. Putting it in proc/cpuinfo means we use up kernel space that can't be freed.
regards,
Dave.
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