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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-20 09:36:52 +0400 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-20 09:36:52 +0400 |
| commit | 880102e78547c1db158a17e36cf0cdd98e7ad710 (patch) | |
| tree | 3fff9cc54c44dafe275cfabefb96c589e08d971d /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | |
| parent | 3d07f0e83d4323d2cd45cc583f7cf1957aca3cac (diff) | |
| parent | 39ab05c8e0b519ff0a04a869f065746e6e8c3d95 (diff) | |
| download | linux-880102e78547c1db158a17e36cf0cdd98e7ad710.tar.xz | |
Merge remote branch 'origin/master' into merge
Manual merge of arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c and add missing scheduler_ipi()
call to arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu')
| -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 7564e88bfa43..e7be75b96e4b 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 |