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To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: CPU/cache detection wrong
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From: Alexander Hoogerhuis <alexh@ihatent.com>
Date: 01 Oct 2002 17:31:07 +0200
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Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:21:26AM +0200, Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote:
>  > Here we go:
>  > 
>  > CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
>  > CPU: L2 cache: 512K
>  > 
>  > But my BIOS still say I should have 8Kb/8Kb I/D L1 cache... oh
>  > well. I'm sure Alan Cox would just write it up as marketing, since
>  > thats about how reliable a BIOS is :)
> 
> Hmm, can a P4 have a trace cache AND an L1 I cache ?
> I thought they were exclusive, which is why the code
> doesn't take this into account. Easily fixed if so though..
> 

I don't know the gory details of it, but my BIOS claims I got 8/8, but
I'm deep enough in it now to start taking the 5th amendment on the
details here :)

ttfn,
A
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