C++ User's Guide

Values

Value of c

Meaning 

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.