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  1. Bug #30557
  2. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 30557

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Ben Collins (ben-collins) wrote : Re: [Bug 30557] SMP looks like the problem

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 23:04 +0000, Jer wrote:
> I can confirm that this is a SMP related issue. I re-built my kernel
> with the only differences being that I changed my CPU to a Pentium-M,
> turned off SMP, and modified the ticks to 250/sec.
>
> Performance is back to that of Breezy on my Celeron-M 1.4Ghz laptop, and
> I don't think its the different CPU settings, or the scheduler.
> Interactivity, especially while in a terminal is also much improved.

Basically what you did was recreate the -386 kernel.