Re: Undersized L2 cache: any tricks?
Trevor Johnson (trevor@jpj.net)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 03:40:02 -0500 (EST)
> Some co-workers of mine have put together an x86-based system on which to
> run Linux, which has 256MB physical memory and 512k L2 cache. The
> processor is something like an AMDK6 3XXMhz or Pentium equivalent. To no
> surprise, the system runs slower with the full 256MB than it does with
> 64MB, I'm guessing due to the undersized cache. The problem is that the
> mainboard is apparently only capable of 512K of L2 cache. I am not an
> expert in memory/cache-related stuff, but my guess is that there is no
> performance solution other than to decrease the physical memory (or get a
> new mainboard). The kernel is 2.0. Are there any other options?
You could use the slram patch. A version for Linux 2.1.99 can be found at
http://www.mit.edu:8008/bloom-picayune/linuxch-kernel/73370.
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Trevor Johnson
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