From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 00:57:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C3416A406 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:57:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3A8F13C48E for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:57:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 953731A4D84; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:57:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F393A513AE; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:57:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:57:16 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Keith Pitcher Message-ID: <20070307005716.GB73190@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <45ED5B15.9010602@KeithPitcher.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45ED5B15.9010602@KeithPitcher.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slow unless the CPU is in use X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:57:17 -0000 On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 07:14:13AM -0500, 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? Start by noting the "if you think current is slow" warning at the start of the boot sequence :) Kris