Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:22:51 -0600 From: Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net> To: "Richard G. Roberto" <thedoors@lepen.pair.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU usage goes way up on 5.1 when memory is added Message-ID: <4012396B.2040701@countrypure.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401231804250.11832@lepen.pair.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401231804250.11832@lepen.pair.com>
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Install GENERIC kernel and see if the problem persists. Quintin Richard G. Roberto wrote: > Hi, > > I've been running 5.1-RELEASE for quite some time on my dual PIII 333Mhz > Micron PC with 384MB of RAM and 670MB of swap. Its a little low on memory > for what I'm now doing with it though, so I added 256MB of RAM. The new > RAM gets recognized, and there are no obvious errors on the console or in > the logs, but every little thing drives the CPU utilization through the > roof and the system is unusable. Even just typing "man ls" triggers it, > never mind trying to run ssh. I remove the RAM, and it goes back to > normal. > > I'm using a kernel with these relevent settings: > > cpu I686_CPU > options SCHED_ULE > options COMPAT_43 > options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > options SMP > options APIC_IO > options LAZY_SWITCH > > There are other settings, but these are the only ones that might be > related, I'm guessing. > > Has anyone seen anything similar to this? I've searched google as well as > the mailing list archives and can't really find anything similar. Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > rgr >
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