From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 10:45:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 298C3106566B for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:45:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geo.liaskos@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF16B8FC15 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so2686369fge.13 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:45:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1Xrsn6KN3T7+I9aFt8LuK6avMlhlVIBofOdd8TgBBwY=; b=NJFLf2ieUnUSZknLT7XoFeRp3vkhjmoZKevTakKObyN3MnuLYS2tTDmiNujIF+DWBo EdnsuavrZF8hTN2Jfm2jz/qBJXUh/2e5egkHSAST1FdvzRu+JUtsaHC/MEGXQ5czxGv5 svBOYH4/mzeFGKb66GkAlJ9qBpHJSXULpyevc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZG3Mr9e1lMctpCSokjijVCQnIafpl+jhw5/En9OpYnffiREPW1sHeBCJNPK2zLtzE/ jKLxVRnv6c1OHmBzugHNQJGC5wIChidTlHWkcUw1n2vKdzsLkuDoS/cTA1d/fEndRyy3 pj6SAA3zK7GrA6QmOntoggBtdQBhhzGCycJtU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.189.134 with SMTP id t6mr690067hbh.73.1272451522255; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:45:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.185.131 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:45:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <535299.10507.qm@web56507.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <535299.10507.qm@web56507.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:45:21 +0300 Message-ID: From: George Liaskos To: Neil Short Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving SMP performance? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:45:30 -0000 On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Neil Short wrote: > I'm somewhat disappointed in the performance in my laptop which is suppos= ed to have a really fast processor. Is there some way to get more out of th= e processor? > > > [neshort/] uname -a > FreeBSD carmen 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Apr 15 19:54:24 MST = 2010 =A0 =A0 neshort@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CARMEN =A0i386 > [neshort/] dmesg > ... > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU =A0 =A0 =A0 M 330 =A0@ 2.13GHz (2127.92-MHz= 686-class CPU) > =A0Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" =A0Id =3D 0x20652 =A0Family =3D 6 =A0Model = =3D 25 =A0Stepping =3D 2 > =A0Features=3D0xbfebfbff > =A0Features2=3D0x98e3bd > =A0AMD Features=3D0x28000000 > =A0AMD Features2=3D0x1 > =A0TSC: P-state invariant > real memory =A0=3D 4294967296 (4096 MB) > avail memory =3D 3066707968 (2924 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs > FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 SMT threads > =A0cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: =A00 > =A0cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: =A01 > =A0cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: =A04 > =A0cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: =A05 > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > =A0"What did you do?" the man holding the flashlight asked. > > =A0"I put down a spider," he said, wondering why the man didn't see; in t= he beam of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. "So it coul= d get away." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > What is the value of dev.cpu.0.freq? Does it match the specification of your cpu?