Value of c |
Meaning |
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generic
|
Defines the cache properties for good performance on most SPARC processors |
s1/l1/a1 |
Defines level 1 cache properties |
s1/l1/a1:s2/l2/a2 |
Defines level 1 and 2 cache properties. |
s1/l1/a1:s2/l2/a2:s3/l3/a3 |
Defines level 1, 2, and 3 cache properties |
The definitions of the cache properties, si/li/ai, are as follows:
si |
The size of the data cache at level i, in kilobytes |
li |
The line size of the data cache at level i, in bytes |
ai |
The associativity of the data cache at level i |
For example, i=1 designates level 1 cache properties, s1/l1/a1.