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@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ specified, \fBlscpu\fP prints the column but does not provide any data for it.
The default output formatting on terminal maybe optimized for better
readability. The output for non-terminals (e.g. pipes) is never affected by
this optimization and it is always in "Field: data\\n" format.
+.sp
+The cache sizes are reported as summary from all CPUs. The versions before
+v2.34 reported per-core sizes, but this output was confusing due to complicated
+CPUs topology and the way how caches are shared between CPUs. For more details
+about caches see \fB\-\-cache\fP.
.SS COLUMNS
Note that topology elements (core, socket, etc.) use a sequential unique ID
starting from zero, but CPU logical numbers follow the kernel where there is