From b2017b91a5572f7bc2caf15082b4b105f3a3e21d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rickard Green Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:04:30 +0100 Subject: Introduce configure option --with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE --- HOWTO/INSTALL.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'HOWTO/INSTALL.md') diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md index c9f4062b83..fb18676699 100644 --- a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md @@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: `(g)cc` * `--enable-m32-build` - Build 32-bit binaries using the `-m32` flag to `(g)cc` +* `--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE` - Set assumed cache-line size in + bytes. Default is 64. Valid values are powers of two between and + including 16 and 8192. The runtime system use this value in order to + try to avoid false sharing. A too large value wastes memory. A to + small value will increase the amount of false sharing. * `--{with,without}-termcap` - termcap (without implies that only the old Erlang shell can be used) * `--with-javac=JAVAC` - Specify Java compiler to use -- cgit v1.2.3