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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:40:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/3292: Cyrix 486 performance problem 
Message-ID:  <199704142240.PAA20481@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/3292; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To: rb@gid.co.uk
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/3292: Cyrix 486 performance problem 
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 16:34:05 -0600

 >	With kernels built after around 20 March, CPU runs an
 >	order of magnitude slower than it should. Eg, kernel
 >	build takes 3.25 hours against 28 min; tiny program
 >	containing nested for loops takes 51 sec against 4
 >	sec.
 
 Have you played around with all of the new fangled CPU options?
 They're documented in lint.  My guess is that your cache is disabled.
 
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 Justin T. Gibbs
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