From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-67269-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1IFXoa-00043p-Hf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:09:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6UG80ZH018127; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:08:00 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6UFxjRo005417 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:59:46 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so1805487wah for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:59:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Bz3yVzzfIBOLzdXqGMWpga1QquoU2/2zcsW2FOhBnSMOlN1r7VaJhW3BH1lGmx/eerXJ5tYzs4tjLZgRFweV8PdgxXdHAHuLWdTjzXXDMlHFiiyqtzba5foorY3N0J0He3YPwFOjolA0Qd+UCK88DxTnjSw4zzJbOFFu/KWouKA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=m7aqb9dQ2BCPSc+tcgpbQSa8qzi4kjqP9/pW6g4bFsYwv0FDnmbxrhPqvXevR2GFdA+AJdfhzgZGeKBW4pRHufKGp8qB2UaxjkfEC79O/TKSJLJpVQn+PDJwRqYVwxeK0ZQ0X2im22n+s5xs0XN0sLlwyw/c73orfHPL7Okn2oM= Received: by 10.115.94.1 with SMTP id w1mr5725860wal.1185811185270; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.169.18 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0c7af10707300859l4732bf64ic91d9429fe5162d2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:59:45 -0300 From: "Daniel van Ham Colchete" <daniel.colchete@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux too damn slow if memory > 3GB In-Reply-To: <9D362B8D-5A07-4BC5-B1A0-123F31E2C3C0@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_33172_17566598.1185811185225" References: <8a0c7af10707281628p61dac9f1x89aef31a6f2b71df@mail.gmail.com> <9D362B8D-5A07-4BC5-B1A0-123F31E2C3C0@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 6d958020-9eac-4a09-98ab-e661817dd311 X-Archives-Hash: bfea8ae365634fc5ef6eaf656022a6ea ------=_Part_33172_17566598.1185811185225 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 7/28/07, Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 29 Jul 2007, at 00:28, Daniel van Ham Colchete wrote: > > ... > > The fact is, if I boot with mem=3072M everything goes as fast as it > > should but I'm not using 1GB of memory. If I don't put the mem > > option, Linux will see 4GB of memory available but it will be damn > > slow (really). > > ... > > My processor is a Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86Ghz). The motherboard > > is Intel. I'm running Gentoo at 32bits mode and the kernel version > > is 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. > > Hi there, > > Does your Intel motherboard feature the 945PM chipset? > > I read about this last week: > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/2007-July/ > 018031.html > > Stroller. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > Stoller, actually it's the 965, but the link Tim sent me shows that it's not a chipset limitation... It's a 32bits design limitation... Best, Daniel ------=_Part_33172_17566598.1185811185225 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stroller</b> <<a href="mailto:stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk">stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br>On 29 Jul 2007, at 00:28, Daniel van Ham Colchete wrote:<br>> ...<br>> The fact is, if I boot with mem=3072M everything goes as fast as it<br>> should but I'm not using 1GB of memory. If I don't put the mem <br>> option, Linux will see 4GB of memory available but it will be damn<br>> slow (really).<br>> ...<br>> My processor is a Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86Ghz). The motherboard<br>> is Intel. I'm running Gentoo at 32bits mode and the kernel version <br>> is 2.6.20-gentoo-r8.<br><br>Hi there,<br><br>Does your Intel motherboard feature the 945PM chipset?<br><br>I read about this last week:<br><a href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/2007-July/"> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/2007-July/</a><br>018031.html<br><br>Stroller.<br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br> Stoller, <br><br>actually it's the 965, but the link Tim sent me shows that it's not a chipset limitation... It's a 32bits design limitation...<br><br>Best,<br>Daniel<br> ------=_Part_33172_17566598.1185811185225-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list