Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Pentium M config option for 2.6 | From | Rob Love <> | Date | Sun, 04 Jan 2004 10:03:28 -0500 |
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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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