Re: [FAQ?] More ram=less performance (maximum cacheable RAM)

From: Luca Montecchiani (m.luca@iname.com)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:27:31 EST


Robert Love wrote:
>
> It also has nothing to do with Linux. Some motherboard's TAG RAM do not
> allow for caching more than xMB.

I'm just proposing to update the FAQ to help people like me
that thinking to gain speed doubling the system ram have seen
a severe performance drop for certain task like compiling the
kernel .

Answer :
It has nothing to do with Linux, maybe your motherboard's TAG Ram
do not allow for caching more than xMB.

ciao,
luca

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