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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:30:23 +0000
From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
To: Margit Schubert-While <margit@margit.com>
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Subject: Re: L1_CACHE_SHIFT value for P4 ?
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:25:54PM +0100, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
 > Andi,
 > L2 cache lines = L2 cache size ?

No.

 > This P4 has got 512KB L2 cache.

That 512KB is divided into 'lines' of n bytes.
Where n is the L1_CACHE_SHIFT value. (Or should be).
x86info will tell you the line size. (Its also printk'd at boot up iirc)

		Dave

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