# HG changeset patch # User kvn # Date 1303230617 25200 # Node ID 2a34a4fbc52cd8d5abb1ff250654e56a55c31e0e # Parent bbe95b4337f187659b158fce24e6f93ee36677db 7037812: few more defaults changes for new AMD processors Summary: use PREFETCHW as default prefetch instruction, set UseXMMForArrayCopy and UseUnalignedLoadStores to true by default. Reviewed-by: kvn Contributed-by: tom.deneau@amd.com diff -r bbe95b4337f1 -r 2a34a4fbc52c src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.cpp --- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.cpp Mon Apr 18 06:50:57 2011 -0700 +++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.cpp Tue Apr 19 09:30:17 2011 -0700 @@ -441,12 +441,25 @@ } } - // On family 21 processors default is no sw prefetch - if ( cpu_family() == 21 ) { + // some defaults for AMD family 15h + if ( cpu_family() == 0x15 ) { + // On family 15h processors default is no sw prefetch if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(AllocatePrefetchStyle)) { AllocatePrefetchStyle = 0; } + // Also, if some other prefetch style is specified, default instruction type is PREFETCHW + if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(AllocatePrefetchInstr)) { + AllocatePrefetchInstr = 3; + } + // On family 15h processors use XMM and UnalignedLoadStores for Array Copy + if( FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseXMMForArrayCopy) ) { + UseXMMForArrayCopy = true; + } + if( FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseUnalignedLoadStores) && UseXMMForArrayCopy ) { + UseUnalignedLoadStores = true; + } } + } if( is_intel() ) { // Intel cpus specific settings