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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:42:50 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
       Margit Schubert-While <margit@margit.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: L1_CACHE_SHIFT value for P4 ?
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 01:23:02PM +0000, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:10:02PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
>  > The P4 has 128byte L2 cache lines (2^7). The L1 apparently has smaller lines.
> 
> Not mine:
> 
> L2 unified cache:
> 	Size: 512KB	Sectored, 8-way associative.
> 	line size=64 bytes.
> 
> Someone (Manfred?) pointed out a chapter in the P4 system programmer guide about
> this last time I brought it up. I forget the reasoning, I'll see if I can dig it out..

The only reference I was able to find was in the Intel Technology Journal,
which says the L2 cache has a 128 byte cache line.

http://developer.intel.com/technology/itj/q12001/articles/art_2.htm
-> "Netburst microarchitecture" -> Level 2 Instruction and Data Cache
"The L2 cache is organized as an 8-way set-associative cache with 128 bytes 
per cache line. These 128-byte cache lines consist of two 64-byte sectors. 
A miss in the L2 cache typically initiates two 64-byte access requests to the 
system bus to fill both halves of the cache line. The L2 cache is a write-back 
cache that allocates new cache lines on load or store misses. "

It is refering to the older 256K cached P4, but I doubt they changed it.
Your cache reporting may refer to the 64byte sectors or is just wrong
(would not be the first time that has happened - some P4 versions also
misreported their TLB size) 

For cache colouring purposes you need to use the 128 byte unit.

-Andi

-Andi
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> -- 
> | Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
> | SuSE Labs
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