Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc.
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:06:37
Message-Id: 42E66CAB.4010203@st.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc. by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 Duncan wrote:
2 >>>>
3 >>>>Anyone have a clue why I'm getting half what everyone else gets? o.O
4 >>>
5 >>>What kind of cpu/ram/motherboard do you have ?
6 >>
7 >>RAM: 2875MB/1002MB (286%) used (I didn't see swapping during the test, tho)
8 >>Motherboard: Asus K8V-SE
9 >>CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2202.876 MHz)
10 >
11 >
12 > Perhaps it has something to do with the layout of your memory (and BIOS
13 > configuration), single-channel vs. dual-channel memory access?
14
15 I was thinking the same, but moore on the CPU side: the Asus K8V
16 supports only the 745pin Athon64, which has a single memory channel as
17 opposed to the 900+ pin (I don't remember the exact number) Athlon64 FX,
18 which includes dual memory channel.
19
20 raffaele
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc. Michael Edwards <zappi@×××××××××××××××.de>