FreeBSD is very slow when Memory chip sizes are imbalanced in slots

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <D956B1EE70984978BCB396A9796EAEDD at multiplay.co.uk>, "Steven Hartland" writes:

>You state there that "The main boards are the same" which indicates to me
>the machines aren't the same machine which could result in some other subtle
>difference causing the problem.
>
>To confirm you'll need to use the "exact same machine" for tests with the only
>difference being the ram modules installed.

Or, at the very least, switch _all_ the RAM between the two machines, and confirm
that the problem follows the RAM.


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