linux-kernel - Re: Performance disparity, problem found

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Date:	Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:30:55 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Paulo Marques <pmarques@...popie.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Performance disparity, problem found

Paulo Marques wrote:
> Now the problem is that /proc/cpuinfo is read only. Would it be possible
> to make /proc/cpuinfo writable so that I could do:
> 
> echo -n "model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @
> 2.40GHz" > /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> in the first machine and get a performance similar to the second machine?

Good catch! 'chmod +w /proc/cpuinfo' should do the trick.

Cheers,
FJP
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