Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:30:03 +0100 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?yvon.quere@laposte.net?=" <yvon.quere@laposte.net> To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?freebsd-questions?=" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_5.0-RELEASE_under_VMWare_3_:_slowdown_and_even_hangup?= Message-ID: <HA9NQ3$F9B36CF0A6C472C8172B182D1EA7D1CF@laposte.net>
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Hi there everyone=0D=0A=0D=0AAt 10:51 AM +0100 2/13/03, yvon.quere@lapost= e.net wrote:=0D=0A>You will find an option called CPU_DISABLE_CMPXCHG=0D=0A= =0D=0AI read that one and didn't read (my newbie fault) that it was =0D=0A= so closely related to VMWare.=0D=0A=0D=0A>I realize you then have the pro= blem of how to compile the new=0D=0A>kernel when it takes so long to do a= nything with the standard=0D=0A>GENERIC kernel. Perhaps it would go bett= er if you booted up =0D=0A>in=0D=0A>single-user mode, and then compiled a= nd installed the new =0D=0A>kernel.=0D=0A=0D=0AThat's a good idea, even i= f I'm not sure single user would =0D=0Amake a difference. I imagine that = the same machine code is =0D=0Abeing called when doing a make depend, mak= e, cc & stuff.=0D=0A=0D=0AMy short term method has been (all day long) to= reboot the =0D=0Aguest os from time to time (when things get slow, but b= efore =0D=0Athings get *BLOCKED*) and relaunch the build procedure.=0D=0A= =0D=0AHowever, this is quite difficult and cumbersome to achieve.=0D=0A=0D= =0AI, for sure, would have preferred a sysctl option if I =0D=0Aunderstan= d that it is far too low level for this.=0D=0A=0D=0AIn the end, compiling= a new kernel on a non-VMWare host sounds =0D=0Ainteresting but might sou= nd "bizarre" when using the VMWare-do-=0D=0Anot-need-new-hardware-to-try-= new-OS approach.=0D=0A=0D=0AMy new kernel build is not over right now and= I'll probably =0D=0Afind it blocked tomorrow morning because of no reboo= t :(=0D=0A=0D=0AThanks for your help anyway, and sorry for the RTFM glitc= h ;-)=0D=0A=0D=0AYvon=0A=0AAcc=E9dez au courrier =E9lectronique de La Pos= te : www.laposte.net ; =0A3615 LAPOSTENET (0,13 =80/mn) ; t=E9l : 08 92 6= 8 13 50 (0,34=80/mn)"=0A=0A To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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