> Secondly, disable that code from the kernel and instead use the
> /proc/mtrr interface and tell me if the problem goes away or not.
>
Ok -- took a chance and added the MTRR. The problem does not occur using this
method.
[eastep@hozomeen linux]$ cat /proc/mtrr
reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 128MB: write-back, count=1
reg01: base=0xa0800000 (2568MB), size= 2MB: write-combining, count=1
[eastep@hozomeen linux]$
Console performance improved substantially -- cat Makefile went from 7.7 seconds
elapsed to 3.75 seconds.
-Tom
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