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Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 12/13] selftests/resctrl: Dynamically select buffer
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Hi Sai,

On 3/6/2020 7:40 PM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> Presently, while running CAT test case, if user hasn't given any input for
> '-n' option, the test defaults to 5 bits to determine the buffer size that
> is used during test. Instead of statically running always with 5 bits,
> change it such that the buffer size is always half of the cache size.

This seems more appropriate as a preparation patch to not have to make
so many changes on top of the earlier patches included in this series.

Reinette