Re: x86: 4kstacks default

[JÃrn Engel]

On Sun, 20 April 2008 20:19:30 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 
> >>> When dealing in those dimensions, savings of 100k are substantial.  In
> >>> some causes they may be the difference between 16MiB or 32MiB, which
> >>> translates to manufacturing costs.  In others it simply means that the
> >>> system can cache 
> >> If you need the stack you don't have any less cache foot print.
> >> If you don't need it you don't have any either.
> > 
> > This part I don't understand.
> 
> I was just objecting to your claim that small stack implies smaller
> cache foot print.

The cache I referred to is called DRAM, not L1.

JÃrn

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