Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:52:24 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: cpufreq on Pentium M |
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 10:45:49PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Hi Dave. This is the output from my Celeron 600A system -- it's a tiny bit > different from what others posted to the list (an 0x86 instead of an 0x87). > My understanding is that this CPU has half the L2 cache of the "real" > Pentium M. Hope this is helpful and not annoying.
Yeah, I'd realised that was also missing. I'll get it in sync with 2.5 after Marcelo makes a 2.4.21
> Also, a question: I had > assumed that the lack of info in /proc/cpuinfo was simply that an > informational problem, and that the cache is actually working. Am I > mistaken? (I.e. will having the kernel support this be a huge performance > increase?) Thanks!
performance-wise, it may make a small difference on SMP systems, as it affects the balancing of the scheduler. On UP, shouldn't be any difference.
Dave
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