Re: Optimizing Alpha
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Laurent Jacques wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using debian woody on Miata au433 since about one year.
>
> Here is my complete configuration:
> ===
> $> cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.4.16 (gcc version 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)) #5 Thu
> Feb 21 11:25:22 CET 2002
>
> $> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> cpu : Alpha
> cpu model : EV56
> ...
> system type : Miata
> ...
> cycle frequency [Hz] : 433162065 est.
> timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00
> page size [bytes] : 8192
> phys. address bits : 40
> max. addr. space # : 127
> BogoMIPS : 858.04
> ...
> platform string : Digital Personal WorkStation 433au
> cpus detected : 1
>
> $> cat /proc/meminfo
> total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
> Mem: 325599232 307568640 18030592 0 8011776 226066432
> Swap: 359849984 125001728 234848256
> MemTotal: 317968 kB
> ...
> ===
>
> Because I found my machine very slow, I ran the unixbench benchmark
> (http://www.tux.org/pub/tux/niemi/unixbench/) to test this assumption.
>
> This program gives a score for every machine. The problem is the my score
> (30.8) is lower than an alpha 266Mhz with the 128Mb memory !?
do you have the cache card installed (between cpu and memory)
my miata more than doubled its speed when i plugged one in.
dave
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