On 9/24/19 8:41 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2019-09-23T10:36:16-0300, Raphael M Zinsly wrote: >>>> +Geometry of the L1 data cache, that is, line size and number >>>> +of ways. >>> >>> What is "number of ways"? >> >> It is the cache associativity, e.g.: 8 means the cache is 8-way set >> associative. > > Yup. At some point when I wasn't looking, the "-way" in "n-way cache" > got promoted from a partial adjective along the lines of "all cars must > halt at the four-way stop sign" to a full-blooded noun and term of art. > I bumped into it while proofreading a Ph.D. thesis[1]. > > To help familiarize practitioners with the new cloak of terminology > draped over this hoary descendant of Old English "weg", I suggest adding > a parenthetical: > > Geometry of the L1 data cache; that is, line size and number of ways > (e.g., \(lq4-way associative\(rq). Thanks jumping in Branden. I think Raphael's revised patch clarifies things in a similar way, so I'm happy. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
