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@@ -183,21 +183,21 @@ Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
183 to learn how to control the knobs. 183 to learn how to control the knobs.
184 184
185 185
186What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X 186What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1}
187Date: August 2008 187Date: August 2008
188KernelVersion: 2.6.27 188KernelVersion: 2.6.27
189Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com 189Contact: discuss@x86-64.org
190Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories. 190Description: Disable L3 cache indices
191 There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each 191
192 directory. Reading from these files on a supported 192 These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each
193 processor will return that cache disable index value 193 cache_disable_{0,1} file corresponds to one disable slot which
194 for that processor and node. Writing to one of these 194 can be used to disable a cache index. Reading from these files
195 files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled. 195 on a processor with this functionality will return the currently
196 196 disabled index for that node. There is one L3 structure per
197 Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index 197 node, or per internal node on MCM machines. Writing a valid
198 disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and 198 index to one of these files will cause the specificed cache
199 Kernel Developer's Guide at 199 index to be disabled.
200 http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3-28_5-28-09.pdf 200
201 for formatting information and other details on the 201 All AMD processors with L3 caches provide this functionality.
202 cache index disable. 202 For details, see BKDGs at
203Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com 203 http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx