- Oct 29, 2004
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Before I ask the question, how important is Level 2 cache for m0n0wall? Does m0n0wall take advantage of level 2 cache? I was wondering because I have a choice between a Pentium 90 with 512KB level 2 cache and iirc 64k level 1 cache or a Socket 7 board (low end) with out any level 2 cache but has a K6-II 450MHZ processor in there. I could potentially put a 200MHZ pentium inside the P90 machine (purposely put a slower processor in there) but I'm still wondering Pentium 90 or not, is the K6-II system faster? Would it only be faster in this case because acting as a firewall doesn't really require any level 2 cache? Or maybe it's slow because it can easily take advantage of the cache?
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