RE: [Linux-ia64] Instruction Execution

Mattox, Dave
2000-10-17T21:15:55Z

That was the problem, its now working exactly as I expected :)

Thanks for the help everyone,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org
[mailto:linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org]On Behalf Of David Mosberger
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:16 AM
To: Mattox, Dave
Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Instruction Execution

>>>>> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:51:51 -0700, "Mattox, Dave"
<DMattox@UNITECH.COM> said:

Dave> I just got my Itanium Machine in and after installing Linux
Dave> (no problems with that, good work guys), I tried some timings.

Dave> I ran a loop 666,000,000 times and it appears that each bundle
Dave> is taking 3 seconds to execute. So this means 3 cycles per
Dave> bundle, or 1 cycle per instruction. Is the Lion SDV Machine
Dave> executing instructions serially? If it is, is it Linux setting
Dave> this, or are the beta chips disabled in some manner?

Make sure "Multidispersal" is enabled in the advanced chipset
configuration menu of the firmware (BIOS).

--david

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