Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264052AbTHWSYg (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:24:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263868AbTHWSYf (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:24:35 -0400 Received: from modemcable009.53-202-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.202.53.9]:21377 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264052AbTHWSUw (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:20:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:20:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: "Barry K. Nathan" cc: Mikael Pettersson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lkml@kcore.org Subject: Re: Pentium-M? In-Reply-To: <20030823180338.GA3562@ip68-4-255-84.oc.oc.cox.net> Message-ID: References: <200308231236.h7NCaMl0018383@harpo.it.uu.se> <20030823180338.GA3562@ip68-4-255-84.oc.oc.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 850 Lines: 21 On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Barry K. Nathan wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 09:03:17AM -0400, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > That's interesting, intel compiler recommends P4 type optimisations, > > also worth noting that the P-M has hardware prefetch. > > I'm pretty sure the "Tualatin" Pentium III's also have hardware prefetch. > So it's not something specific to the P4 or P-M. Someone else (in concordance with Mikael) also pointed out that the cacheline size is also the same as the PIII and not P4. So it's best going for PIII optimisations. It's best ignoring my previous comment then. Thanks, Zwane - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/