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From: fire-eyes <sgtphou@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [smp related] 2.6.13 is 10x slower than 2.6.12!
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:50:12
Message-Id: 43427976.7080009@fire-eyes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [smp related] 2.6.13 is 10x slower than 2.6.12! by Iain Buchanan
1 Iain Buchanan wrote:
2 > Not long ago, I griped about 2.6.13 being _very_ slow to boot and run.
3 > My original email is at the bottom.
4 >
5 > I've since recompiled the kernel without SMP and Hyperthreading, and the
6 > system is _much_ faster.
7 >
8 > So, there is a problem with 2.6.13 and SMP or Hyperthreaded machines.
9 > Can anyone else confirm this? What should I do? Is there a kernel.org
10 > bugzilla? Or perhaps I should put it in the gentoo bugzilla?
11 >
12 > Any pointers would be appreciated...
13 >
14 > thanks.
15 >
16 > On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 12:11 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
17
18 Curious. I have used many kernels on many real (2 physical cpus) SMP
19 systems, and have never had problems. In fact they are all currently
20 running 2.6.13 or higher.
21
22 I haven't used anything on HT cpus though, so I don't know about that.
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