Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:46:17 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Reading deterministic cache parameters and exporting it in /sysfs |
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 11:18:47AM -0800, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote: > > Here is the updated patch. > > I have seperated out the changes related to > (1) using new method to determine cache size in existing /proc/cpuinfo and > kernel boot messages (All but last hunk below) > (2) code to look at sharedness of the caches and store these details for future > uses inside kernel and also exporting the cache details in /sysfs (last > hunk in the patch) > > Dave: Do you still feel having the cache details exported in /sysfs is a bad > idea? If yes, we can go ahead with the basic part of this patch (1 - above) > and look at (2) sometime later, as and when required.
tbh I think its just bloat, but if no-one else has any objections I won't oppose it. The rest of the patch I have no problem with.
Dave
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