Re: [more findings!] Re: test10-pre1 problems on 4-way SuperServer8050

ok, confirmed -- it is _not_ PAE-related. Just using a plain highmem (4G) support causes all these problems -- the machine becomes 38-40 times slower overall and one of the eepro100 cards stops working. I will try Zoltan's ideas on 64bit mtrrs but any more ideas are welcome... Thanks, Tigran

[more findings!] Re: test10-pre1 problems on 4-way SuperServer8050

Amazing, disabling highmem altogether (not just PAE) i.e. being able to use only low 896M of RAM got rid of _both_ the eepro100 and slowness problems! The system is now very fast (kernel compile in 61 seconds!) and all eepro100 interfaces work fine. I will now test with plain highmem (4G) but no

[more findings!] Re: test10-pre1 problems on 4-way SuperServer8050

Amazing, disabling highmem altogether (not just PAE) i.e. being able to use only low 896M of RAM got rid of _both_ the eepro100 and slowness problems! The system is now very fast (kernel compile in 61 seconds!) and all eepro100 interfaces work fine. I will now test with plain highmem (4G) but no

Re: [more findings!] Re: test10-pre1 problems on 4-way SuperServer8050

ok, confirmed -- it is _not_ PAE-related. Just using a plain highmem (4G) support causes all these problems -- the machine becomes 38-40 times slower overall and one of the eepro100 cards stops working. I will try Zoltan's ideas on 64bit mtrrs but any more ideas are welcome... Thanks, Tigran