From owner-freebsd-emulation Tue Dec 12 22:24:48 2000 From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 22:24:47 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from earth.backplane.com (placeholder-dcat-1076843399.broadbandoffice.net [64.47.83.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFFF737B400 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:24:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by earth.backplane.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eBD6OKV80594; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:24:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:24:20 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon Message-Id: <200012130624.eBD6OKV80594@earth.backplane.com> To: Barry Lustig Cc: vns@delta.odessa.ua, nsayer@kfu.com, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare performance when returning from suspend to disk References: <20001211003601.B937@gblx.net> <3A369583.A8F6236B@sftw.com> <200012130515.AAA00406@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <3A370D5C.B2569990@lustig.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org :> In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote: :> >> VMWare running on dual 800Mhz with 512MB RAM runs great, except when I :> >> suspend to disk and then restore that image. When the restored image starts :> >> running, the mouse will move for a few moments and then freeze and then start :> >> moving again. The same behavior happens to window input. During the :> >> freezes, VMWare seems to be doing a lot of I/O. Any thoughts on where to :> >> look? :> :I wonder if this has anything to do with a VM problem Matt Dillon just posted :about in freebsd-stable (Re: Extreme high load with 12/7 4-releng). : :barry Maybe, maybe not. This sounds primarily like pagein load whereas my patches are primarily geared towards pageout load. It's possible, but not likely. A 'systat -vm 1' during the period of slowness might help. Specifically, the disk I/O, VN PAGER, and SWAP PAGER numbers. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message