Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:30:45 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Undersized L2 cache: any tricks? |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, B. James Phillippe wrote:
> To no surprise, the system runs slower with the full 256MB than it > does with 64MB, I'm guessing due to the undersized cache. The > problem is that the mainboard is apparently only capable of 512K > of L2 cache.
Firstly, the cache should probably be increased to 512K.
Another option is to use the slram patch and use the top half of memory as very fast swap. This, however, is not an option if a lot of mmap()ed I/O is going on...
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