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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2011-07-27 00:54:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2011-07-27 00:54:47 -0700 |
| commit | aa7eb8e78d8ecd6cd0475d86ea8385ff9cb47ece (patch) | |
| tree | 3f9e98fadd5124fb05e8f6f9b06aa23698d4f215 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | |
| parent | cca8edfd2ec2a34d9f50f593bc753bb11e1bc1f5 (diff) | |
| parent | 3c6b50141ef9f0a8844bf1357b80c0cdf518bf05 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 34 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 7564e88bfa4..e7be75b96e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -183,21 +183,21 @@ Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs to learn how to control the knobs. -What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X -Date: August 2008 +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1} +Date: August 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 -Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com -Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories. - There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each - directory. Reading from these files on a supported - processor will return that cache disable index value - for that processor and node. Writing to one of these - files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled. - - Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index - disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and - Kernel Developer's Guide at - http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3-28_5-28-09.pdf - for formatting information and other details on the - cache index disable. -Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com +Contact: discuss@x86-64.org +Description: Disable L3 cache indices + + These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each + cache_disable_{0,1} file corresponds to one disable slot which + can be used to disable a cache index. Reading from these files + on a processor with this functionality will return the currently + disabled index for that node. There is one L3 structure per + node, or per internal node on MCM machines. Writing a valid + index to one of these files will cause the specificed cache + index to be disabled. + + All AMD processors with L3 caches provide this functionality. + For details, see BKDGs at + http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx |