Stefan Reinauer wrote:
On 30.10.2008, at 15:03, Marc Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think that this is in all K8 and fam10 disable_car code.
The copy to memory is probably good. Running from the rom and
decompressing from the rom is going to thrash. It may affect some
cpu/chipset combinations more than others.
Marc
So what's the reason for that?
off the top of my head:
1. ROM access speed: lpc and or spi may be run at different speeds.
(faster on some platforms)
2. domain crossed - ht -> maybe pci/pcie -> pci/pcie -> lpc ( less is
better)
3. prefetch and code alignment. Being a few bytes off can cause and
prefetching to thrash.
It shouldn't thrash as bad if the ROM is being cached but I am not sure
that it is or that it is setup correctly.
Marc
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