Re: Need to enable caches in SMP ? (was Kernel 2.6 SMP very slowwith ServerWorks LE Chipset)

[Jeff V. Merkey]

Alan wrote:

> > As per Alan's suggestion I decompressed the kernel source tree with the 
> > processes pegged to one CPU then the other, and as he predicted it took 
> > vastly longer on one CPU than the other, but I don't know what that 
> > implies, or how to fix it.
> >    
>
> > From the timing it sounds like one processor cache is disabled which is a
> little peculiar to say the least.
>
> Alan
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enable the L1 cache in the processor. BIOS settings, no doubt.

Jeff
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