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- From: storm@ar.ar.com.au (Storm)
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- Subject: Re: One hardware-basher's manifesto
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 15:57:14 +1100
- Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here.
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- Steffen Haeuser (magicsn@birdland.es.bawue.de) wrote:
-
- : > Storm ( storm@ar.ar.com.au ) wrote:
- (actually I didn't, but that's OK)
- : > Please use OwnBlitter/DisOwn... and use CacheControl to turn on only the caches
- : > you need (If data burst (030/040/060) modes is on the CPU will take 4x as much
- : > time when accessing fastram randomly.
-
- : ALL Caches should be turned on :) Else it is a speed-waste...
-
- Is it not true that data burst mode will slow you down if you are "randomly"
- accessing memory? I've heard that it will, although I have not experimented
- with it. Logic seems to dictate that it could.
-
- Although, you could argue, that you should leave the caches alone, and leave
- it up to user to fiddle with them if he so desires.
-
- : Steffen Haeuser
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