Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:45:29 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Yani Brankov <ian@bulinfo.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low/Jerky performance in FreeBSD 7 Message-ID: <4831F4F9.2000302@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4831A0A5.6040808@bulinfo.net> References: <4831A0A5.6040808@bulinfo.net>
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Yani Brankov wrote: > Hey guys, Hi > > I recently updated to FreeBSD 7 and noticed that my box started to > perform as windows does under heavier loads. The mouse starts to be > jerky when compiling, window updates/redraws are slow and bump the CPU > usage up to 100%. I attributed this to the mga driver which comes with > the distro in the beginning. However, I later noticed the same happens > even when X has not been started. For instance, I start a kernel compile > and the console mouse becomes jumpy. All these have never happened > before with FreeBSD on this box. It has enough memory (1.5G) and > relatively fast CPU (2.5GHz). I started to think this may be originating > from kernel level (irq handling, long times in giant locked code during > syscalls, etc). > > I am wondering whether it is only me who has hit this problem or it is > more common. It may be also related to hardware configuration, etc. I'm > trying to figure out. > Not just you, http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues Vince > Attaching my dmesg output in case it's important. > > Yani > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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