Re: How can do to disable the L1 cache in linux ?

[Mikulas Patocka]

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> Dear All,
>  How can do to disable the L1 cache in linux ?
> Are there some commands or directives to disable it ??

I wrote this some times ago when playing with caches. Compile cctlmod.c as
a module, insert it to kernel, and use con and coff to enable and disable
caches. 

Note that the code is quite old, maybe it doesn't work with 2.4 kernels,
and I don't want support it. If it doesn't work, fix it yourself. 

Mikulas

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