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SubjectRe: Pentium M config option for 2.6
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On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 07:27, Mikael Pettersson wrote:


> And since P-M doesn't do SMP, does cache line size even
> matter? There are no locks to protect from ping-ponging.

Cache line size does still come into the picture on UP, albeit not as
much as with SMP - but e.g. it still matters to things like device
drivers doing DMA.

Rob Love


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