From owner-freebsd-current Sat Apr 12 09:19:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA09345 for current-outgoing; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 09:19:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chess.inetspace.com ([206.50.163.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA09321; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 09:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kgor@localhost) by chess.inetspace.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA11963; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:18:45 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:18:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199704121618.LAA11963@chess.inetspace.com> From: "Kent S. Gordon" To: rb@gid.co.uk CC: ortmann@sparc.isl.net, FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.freebsd.org, FreeBSD-current@freefall.freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Bob Bishop on Sat, 12 Apr 1997 07:40:11 +0100) Subject: Re: kern/3259: /bin/ps: kernel kernel, lockups, performance problems Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.105) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "rb" == Bob Bishop writes: >> Note: I've experienced performance problems as well. These >> problems have appeared to be in sendmail, the gcc compiler (a >> make world now takes at least 3 times longer than before!) > Try 'make world' using an older kernel (Mar 20 or so). If the > performance problem goes away, you are probably seeing the same > problem that I am. My 586/100 16MB bt445 machine does not even successfully boot with a kernel newer than about Mar 20. It hangs in boot trying to find the boot disk (or finds it as a unknown device type depending on options in the kernel config and whick -current is used). > -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 > rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK Kent S. Gordon Senior Software Engineer INetSpace Co. voice: (972)851-3494 fax:(972)702-0384 e-mail:kgor@inetspace.com