From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Apr 14 15:40:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA20504 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:40:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA20481; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:40:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:40:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704142240.PAA20481@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Subject: Re: kern/3292: Cyrix 486 performance problem Reply-To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/3292; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Justin T. Gibbs" 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. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================