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SubjectRe: k6 freeze in kernel 2.0.36
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And lo, Thierry Danis saith unto me:
>
> Here is my concern :
> At home, I have one K6-2/333 (UW SCSI) and one PPro 200 (SCSI2).
> Compilation time for one source tree takes 16 minutes with the K6
> and 22 minutes with the PPro (quite good).
>
> 2 compilations + MP3 playing (x11amp) on each machine give :
> 65 minutes on the K6 and 50 minutes on the PPro.
First, x11amp is FPU intensive (isn't it?) and, given enough RAM, compilation
is CPU bound. Or you might not have enough RAM on the K6, or you might
have not enough RAM for 2 compilations + x11amp on either machine but a
slower disk on the K6.

It might be the 256k of full-speed L2 cache on your PPro that's making
the difference, but somehow I don't think so.

> So, under moderate load, my brand new 333 MHz computer is much
> slower than my old PPro. Is there a mean to optimize things ?
I think your choice of load impacts the two processors differently, and
happens to impact the old processor less.

Keith

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