On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Greywolf wrote:

> Questions:
> 
> I just got a couple of PoweruPs which are supposed to be double-clocked
> SPARC-2 class processors.  They still show up as only 40MHz.  Is this
> because it's simply double-clocked internally?  (IPXen)

Yes, I believe that's the case.

[snip]

> My system has been running REALLY doggish lately.  I'm running 1.4T from
> about a week ago.  I have 64MB of RAM and 82MB of swap space (which,
> according to swapctl, is not being used _at all_).
> 
> I'm trying to figure out why the supposed speed gain is not readily visible.
> Where should I start looking for clves?

Well, my experience is from a 1.3.2 kernel, so YMMV - but, the powerup did
give the machine a good goose.  Compile time went down slightly, it seemed
more peppy, but definitely not a _huge_ jawdropping experience.  I never
really ran any numbers - the feel of the machine was better, so I was
happy.  Sorry - I don't know if any of that is of much help, but it's the
only $0.02 I have to offer :-)

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