In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :Yes, I understand that. I'm just trying to find out why Mike keeps
> :saying we cannot determine the processor cache characteristics at
> :runtime.
> :
> :John
>
> You can find out from the cpuid or something like that,
Yes. As I said, you can find out from the CPUID instruction by
passing it the value 2 in %eax.
> but it's probably easier to simply do it programmatically, or
> not bother at all. It's not worth the effort. We would not
> reap any additional benefit from knowing.
Opinions on that seem to vary wildly. Mike said just the opposite.
Since that was not the point I addressed, I'll let the two of you
debate it out.
John
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