Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:44:42 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: "Daniel Tourde" <daniel.tourde@spray.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Core Duo. SMP kernel but still only 50% load while using make on ports... Message-ID: <20070207164442.219b54c1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <80859145824777@lycos-europe.com> References: <80859145824777@lycos-europe.com>
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In response to "Daniel Tourde" <daniel.tourde@spray.se>: > > Hello, > I have at my disposal an Inspiron 9400 with an Intel Core FreeBSD 6.2 > is installed and rebuilt to fit the processor. The kerne l is in SMP mode. > I noticed something strange: When I compile using ma in the ports > tree, I only have 50% load. CPU1 is used at CPU0 is idle... How do you know this? > I tried make -j2 but it did not work, Any idea? -j2 does not guarantee that you'll use both CPUs. It's entirely possible that the IO is slow enough that both of the processes are waiting on disk and only able to push the overall system usage to 50%. Try make -j99. Also, there are places in the build process where it's only possible to run one process at a time, so you can't just take a single snapshot of it, you have to watch it over time. > How can I correct th Thanks in advance, I'm still not convinced anything is wrong: *) Does dmesg show the second CPU starting? *) Does top show a column for CPU binding? Are different processes bound to different CPUs? *) Are these hyperthreaded CPUs? If so, is hyperthreading enabled? HT is disabled by default on FreeBSD, and overall usage will never go above 50% if HT is off. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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