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SubjectRe: about PENTIUM4 cache line
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 09:25:35PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> michaelc wrote:
> > I read the Intel IA-32 developer's manual recently, and I found
> > the cache lines for L1 and L2 caches in Pentium4 are 64 bytes
> > wide, but the thing make me confused is that the default value
> > CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT option in 2.4.x kernel is 7, why it's
> > not 6? Any expanation about this would be appreciated!
>
> I don't recall seeing an answer to this.
> Was there one?

ISTR it was something to do with how the P4 cachelines are laid out.
Something like 2 sectors of 64 byte lines.

Dave

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