linux-kernel - Re: Performance disparity, problem found

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Date:	Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:50:58 +0100
From:	Paulo Marques <pmarques@...popie.com>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Performance disparity, problem found

Frans Pop wrote:
> 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

Thanks, that did the trick. My first machine is much faster now and it
even has 4 cores! :)

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Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com

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