Subject: Re: SPARCStation 1, sun4c
To: Steven Grunza <steveng@formail.formation.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/03/1998 10:39:41
On Wed, 03 Jun 1998 13:50:54 -0700 
 Steven Grunza <steveng@formail.formation.com> wrote:

 > I've noticed my SS1 cache is set for write-through.  Is it possible to set
 > it to write-back and get better performance or doesn't the SS1 hardware
 > support that?

I think the write-through or write-back'ness of the cache is determined
by hardware, not software.

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