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From: Luca Montecchiani <m.luca@iname.com>
To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
Cc: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [FAQ?] More ram=less performance (maximum cacheable RAM)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:27:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B8350D3.CDE749E1@iname.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B82B988.50DE308A@iname.com>  <200108211957.f7LJvEt20846@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <998430817.3139.41.camel@phantasy>

Robert Love wrote:
> 
> It also has nothing to do with Linux.  Some motherboard's TAG RAM do not
> allow for caching more than xMB.

I'm just proposing to update the FAQ to help people like me 
that thinking to gain speed doubling the system ram have seen
a severe performance drop for certain task like compiling the 
kernel .

Answer : 
It has nothing to do with Linux, maybe your motherboard's TAG Ram
do not allow for caching more than xMB.

ciao,
luca
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-22  6:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-21 19:42 [FAQ?] More ram=less performance (maximum cacheable RAM) Luca Montecchiani
2001-08-21 19:57 ` Richard Gooch
2001-08-21 20:38   ` Luca Montecchiani
2001-08-21 21:53   ` Robert Love
2001-08-22  6:27     ` Luca Montecchiani [this message]
2001-08-22 11:12       ` Wakko Warner
2001-08-22 21:26         ` idalton
2001-08-23  5:19       ` Richard Gooch
2001-08-23 11:35         ` Luca Montecchiani
2001-08-28 14:23   ` Holger Lubitz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-21 22:01 Samium Gromoff
2001-08-22  9:49 Samium Gromoff

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