Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:38:51 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue |
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On 07/26/2011 11:37 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> >> I think the question was the width (and position) for the mask... i.e. >> your [14:12] above which *is* magic. > > Oh, that's easy: family 15h means bits [14:12] - those bits are used for > I$ index generation. >
In other words, it's completely ad hoc.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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