Re: Performance problems with new DOSEMU server
Danilo Godec <[email protected]>
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On 6.2.2010 7:54, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 07:36 +0100, Danilo Godec wrote: > >> But test users report the OLD server is about 50 times (!!!) faster >> > Is your new server running i386 or x86_64 Linux? > > If it's running x86_64, that's the problem. Running i386 Linux allows > your CPU to use a “Virtual86” mode, while x86_64 Linux requires that the > whole thing be emulated in software which obviously takes more > horsepower and therefore runs more slowly. I had a hunch that x86_64 might create problems and since the server is not supposed to need more then 1GB of RAM, I decided to use i386: > # uname -a > Linux dossrv3 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-12-15 23:55:40 > +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Regards, Danilo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html