Yeah, I did this once when I was hacking the MTRR code. To my
amazement, the system didn't crash. It just was sloooooow.
> Well. I think this is a "so do not do it" thing, but I was really
> amazed to see such a _big_ slowdown. Really cache/no cache can do
> this difference?
Go ahead: do it. It's quite safe. Just not useful ;-)
The slowdown is pretty much what you'd expect. Situation normal. All
you did was to disable the cache. Now you know why we pay for caches.
For a comparison, disable the cache(s) in your BIOS setup. Note the
slowdown.
Regards,
Richard....
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