From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 12:10:22 2007 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441F516A417; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petefrench@ticketswitch.com) Received: from angel.ticketswitch.com (angel.ticketswitch.com [IPv6:2002:57e0:1d4e::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E454A13C459; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petefrench@ticketswitch.com) Received: from smaug.rattatosk ([10.50.50.2]) by angel.ticketswitch.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>) id 1Iy4hJ-0006lg-7q; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:21 +0000 Received: from dilbert.rattatosk ([10.50.50.6] helo=dilbert.ticketswitch.com) by smaug.rattatosk with esmtp (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>) id 1Iy4hJ-000HO5-5w; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:21 +0000 Received: from petefrench by dilbert.ticketswitch.com with local (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>) id 1Iy4hJ-000213-5W; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:21 +0000 To: kometen@gmail.com, kris@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <474FD17D.7080209@FreeBSD.org> Message-Id: <E1Iy4hJ-000213-5W@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:21 +0000 Cc: max@love2party.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Also seeing 2 x quad-core system slower that 2 x dual core X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:22 -0000 > Check dmesg for the APIC numbers corresponding to the CPUs you want to > disable and add the corresponding entries to /boot/loader.conf, e.g.: O.K., I did that, got it running on 4 CPU's only, and the problem is still there - so it's not the number of CPU's after all. Which is good in a way in that it is not completely defeating common sense, but means I shall go and look elsewhere for the problem. -pete.