Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:55:24 -0500 From: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@FreeBSD.org> To: Keith Pitcher <kpitcher@KeithPitcher.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: slow unless the CPU is in use Message-ID: <45ED72CC.7000206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45ED5B15.9010602@KeithPitcher.com> References: <45ED5B15.9010602@KeithPitcher.com>
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Keith Pitcher wrote: > I have a HP Pavilion dv6258, which has an amd turion X2. > Installed current as of yesterday, and noticed something quite odd. > > Things are pokey slow, hit a key and wait a second or more for it to > appear on the screen. Long load time,takes forever to shut down all the > processes, as a whole it's crawling. However if the system is doing > almost anything, like compiling a port or recompiling the kernel, or > just downloading a file during a port, then things are what I'd consider > a normal response. I recompiled the kernel and removed all the various > debugging options, same symptoms. > > I recompiled with SMP removed, the kernel no longer finds 2 CPUs, but > the same issue. > > This was a 6.2 to 7 upgrade (using mergemaster, etc), I haven't tried to > a straight current install as of yet. Any suggestions on what I should > try to correct this behavior? > > Thanks, > > Keith > > What is the value of the hw.acpi.cpu_cx_lowest sysctl node? If it's different from C1, try to force it to C1. If it fixes your problem, could you make available somewhere a verbose dmesg boot, the asl of you system (see acpidump(8)) and the output of "sysctl hw.acpi" and "sysctl dev.cpu" so I can have a look at it? Regards Steph
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