From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 16 08:56:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88EF916A41F for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21AAB13C48E for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id l1G8u8h01174; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:56:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <000b01c751a8$1a266d30$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Greg Barniskis" , References: <45D3A4D7.9000504@frii.com><00ff01c7510e$7452e490$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <012a01c75128$4d3a5a40$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <45D4A295.6060609@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:54:42 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: "Steven H. Baeighkley" Subject: Re: serious performance problems with 6.2 Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:56:11 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Barniskis" To: Cc: "Steven H. Baeighkley" Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: Re: serious performance problems with 6.2 Release > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>> questions isn't for bugs. I don't mean to be rude but you won't get the > >>> problem fixed by bitching about it on this mailing list. > > Good gravy. They're not asking -questions for a fix, they're asking > for guidance on how to isolate the root cause of the problem. Quoth > the OP: "*what are we missing?*" > > That is perfectly germane for -questions and only /after/ that > question is answered Then, post some steps and quit metadiscussing. would it be appropriate to use send-pr. Using > send-pr to submit a poorly defined problem ("too much load") is not > going to result in a project committer magically finding and fixing > an unknown OS bug. > The original post was not poorly defined. Certainly not compared to the average PR. The only things missing were BIOS and board revisions and the diagnostic log. > > > Steven H. Baeighkley wrote: > >> If bugs is the correct list then that's where we'll send it. However we > >> were not initially thinking it was a bug. We were thinking it was a > >> configuration error on our part. > > That's a reasonable assumption actually. Sorry I don't have any > specific suggestions for you except to second the motion that you > ignore Ted's assertion that you should give up on -questions. It's > entirely possible that there's a tunable knob or app compilation > option that will help you out. > If you would care to suggest something I'm sure the OP would be all ears. So far you have only posted sheer speculation. Ted