Re: [linuxperf] Style/page updates?

[Dan Kegel <dank@alumni.caltech.edu>]

Justin Couch wrote:
> Actually, none of it is particularly linux specific. There are some
> slight x86 bent stuff in there with references to IDE drives etc
> (although IIRC, some low-end Suns and Alphas now have IDE drives too).
> We really wanted to establish just a core level of knowledge so that the
> rest of the site makes sense.

OK... maybe it could be renamed "Tuning your Hardware" or something?

> If the reader understands the various how the various levels of memory
> work, they can then understand why a 3D graphics machine may benefit
> from larger L2 cache or some tweaks to be done to X server code than say
> a database might. I threw in the "type of RAM" section just because I
> thought people might end up asking questions about what the different
> types are and how they might effect performance tuning. What CPU bit are

The K6-3 has L1 and L2 cache *on chip*, which screws up your
taxonomy.  The real definition of cache level is "number of caches
between this cache and the CPU core", or something like that...

- Dan
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