2 x quad-core system is slower that 2 x dual core on FreeBSD

[Reko Turja]

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:37:32 +0200, Alexey Vlasov <renton at df.ru> wrote:

> kernel:
> machine         i386
> cpu             I686_CPU
> ident           F1RNT1
>
> options         PAE

One very probable culprit for slowness

> options         SMP
>
> options         SCHED_4BSD

Using _ULE might yield a bit more performance as well

> # cat /etc/make.conf
> CPUTYPE?=nocona
>
> CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe

I think the recommended practise is either use CFLAGS+=<your flags> or put  
the
local compiler tweaks to COPTFALGS these days. Not sure if this affects  
performance tho'

-Reko