Re: [Linux-ia64] Instruction Execution

David Mosberger
2000-10-17T17:16:19Z

>>>>> 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