Re: [bug #18502] Suboptimal cache configuration for IA-32 processors

2006-12-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 21:57:49 -0500, a écrit :
 Samuel Thibault wrote:
 Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 02:03:10 +, a écrit :
   
 That is just from running times on a little C program that counts to
 10, so it's obviously not scientific.
 
 
 Try compiling something, gnumach for instance ;)
   
 Not much of a diff there either:
 
 gnumach build:
 
 No cache:   12:50
 Cache: 12:25

What processor is this?

Samuel


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Re: [bug #18502] Suboptimal cache configuration for IA-32 processors

2006-12-15 Thread Barry deFreese

Samuel Thibault wrote:

Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 21:57:49 -0500, a écrit :
  

Samuel Thibault wrote:


Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 02:03:10 +, a écrit :
 
  

That is just from running times on a little C program that counts to
10, so it's obviously not scientific.
   


Try compiling something, gnumach for instance ;)
 
  

Not much of a diff there either:

gnumach build:

No cache:   12:50
Cache: 12:25



What processor is this?

Samuel

  

Pentium II 733Mhz  384Mb

Thanks,

Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)


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Re: [bug #18502] Suboptimal cache configuration for IA-32 processors

2006-12-15 Thread Kenneth Østby

On 12/15/06, Barry deFreese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Samuel Thibault wrote:
 Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 21:57:49 -0500, a écrit :

 Samuel Thibault wrote:

 Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 02:03:10 +, a écrit :


 That is just from running times on a little C program that counts to
 10, so it's obviously not scientific.


 Try compiling something, gnumach for instance ;)



Are counting to 10 and compiling gnumach both very cache intensive
applications? I can't see how the 100 example is, and GCC is mostly
sensitive to the cache size, not bandwidth-bound. Try something where the
working set is greater than the cache size and you might see some results.

Kenneth Østby
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Re: [bug #18502] Suboptimal cache configuration for IA-32 processors

2006-12-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Kenneth Østby, le Fri 15 Dec 2006 16:12:25 +0100, a écrit :
 Try something where the working set is greater than the cache size and
 you might see some results.

We precisely want to check the effect of disabling the cache. Using a
working set that doesn't fit the cache will behave the same with or
without the cache...

Samuel


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