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From: himel@mips.COM (Mark I. Himelstein)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cache lookahead
Message-ID: <1903@gumby.mips.COM>
Date: 19 Mar 88 17:09:54 GMT
References: <2769@mmintl.UUCP> <1902@gumby.mips.COM>
Reply-To: himel@gumby.UUCP (Mark I. Himelstein)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
Lines: 17
Keywords: caching  RISC

In article <1902@gumby.mips.COM> himel@gumby.UUCP (Mark I. Himelstein) writes:
>Some factors I'd be concerned with regarding this suggestion:
>	- dirtying a cache page with respect to a memory page when
>		you don't need to. If you reuse the memory page before
>		you actually use it, the operating system will have to clean
>		the cache.

Sorry, too many 'you's; this should read:

	- dirtying a cache page with respect to a memory page when
		you don't need to. If the operating system reuses the 
		memory page before you actually use the referenced 
		location, the operating system will have to clean the 
		cache.
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-Mark I. Himelstein DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself.
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