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Porting new cache exerciser to HTX Nest Framework #116

Closed veereshj closed 7 years ago

veereshj commented 7 years ago

cache exerciser code enabled as part of HTX Nest framework, with following improvements over old exerciser. (1). Improved contiguous memory management. (2). Better control on cpu resource usage. (3). Message logs enhancement.

Note: By default, new code is enabled for P9 and above architectures only, P8 machines still run with old cache exerciser. Both old and new binaries will be present in bin directory.