Re: problem with smp

Petru Paler (ppetru@hip.ro)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:15:45 +0300 (EEST)


> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Wakko Warner wrote:
>
> > Computer 1: 64mb swap total, usually 5mb used (256mb physical ram)
> > Computer 2: 20mb swap total, usually 10mb used (64mb physical ram)
> > Computer 3: 100mb swap total, usually 10mb used (256mb physical ram)
>
> Double check that it's actually caching the memory above 64MB -- my dual
> P233MMX has an option in the BIOS to toggle between 64/512MB cachable. If
> the BIOS doesn't have such an option, try booting with mem=63M and see
> what difference it makes.

And also check that you are compiling with make -j x, where x = number of
CPUs + 1

-Petru

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