Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 23:39:04 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alder Lake and similar CPU support for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tQH3WhLVdrAzT=hz5W4siZHmnVEb7DwXnkrZnbSbP%2B8g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tePdcAR%2Bqnknz1it72-ThDgWAUzmCkS=rPx02R-U%2B9XA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1tePdcAR%2Bqnknz1it72-ThDgWAUzmCkS=rPx02R-U%2B9XA@mail.gmail.com>
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--000000000000c320fc05e797e187 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 9:54 AM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > Newer processors such as Alder Lake (12th Gen) mix high performance and > low power CPUs on a single chip. How well does FreeBSD support these > architectures? I've seen a couple of trouble reports about this, but not > seen a lot of information on them and I will soon have an Alder Lake laptop. > > Am I going to regret this for several months? Will I need to run CURRENT? > Not that it would be a problem as I ran CURRENT on my development system > for years before retiring and enjoying the stability of STABLE most of the > time). > An update. Alder Lake and soft updates don't seem to get along. After several crashes, all VFS related, I disables soft updates and, several hundred port builds later, not a single panic. If you have had problems with an Alder Lake system and have soft updates enabled, try turning them off. See tunefs(8) for details. Must be done after a stand after a single user boot before the file system is mounted RW. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 --000000000000c320fc05e797e187 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 9:54 AM= Kevin Oberman <<a href=3D"mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com">rkoberman@gmail.c= om</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid = rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-fami= ly:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Newer processors such as Alder Lake (= 12th Gen) mix high performance and low power CPUs on a single chip. How wel= l does FreeBSD support these architectures? I've seen a couple of troub= le reports about this, but not seen a lot of information on them and I will= soon have an Alder Lake laptop.<br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><div= ><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Am I going to= regret this for several months? Will I need to run CURRENT? Not that it wo= uld be a problem as I ran CURRENT on my development system for years before= retiring and enjoying the stability of STABLE most of the time).<br></div>= </div></div></blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div><div><span class=3D"gmail_default= " style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">An update. Alder = Lake and soft updates don't seem to get along. After several crashes, a= ll VFS related, I disables soft updates and, several hundred port builds la= ter, not a single panic.</span> <br></div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D= "font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default">If = you have had problems with an Alder Lake system and have soft updates enabl= ed, try turning them off. See tunefs(8) for details. Must be done after a s= tand after a single user boot before the file system is mounted RW.<br></di= v><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div di= r=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"= >Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer<br>E-mail= : <a href=3D"mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">rkoberman@gmail.= com</a><br></div><div>PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B05= 5683</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --000000000000c320fc05e797e187--
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