Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 04 Nov 2002 11:27:52 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Machine's high load when HIGHMEM is enabled |
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vasya vasyaev wrote: > > Hello, > > First of all - thanks to these people, who responded > to my question. > > I have some news... > > I've tried kernels: > 2.4.19 - the same result > 2.5.44 - the same result > 2.5.45 - the same result > > If I take 1 Gb of memory away, then computer works > much better, faster (something like without enabled > HIGHMEM at all). > The same effect takes place if I say mem=1024M while > physically box has 2Gb of RAM - everything is fine! > But if I start HIGHMEM enabled kernel on this box (2Gb > RAM), then it works too slowly... >
Please ensure that the mtrr driver is enabled in kernel config, boot with mem=2G and send the output of `cat /proc/mtrr'.
Also, `dmesg | head -120' would be interesting. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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