From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 16:41:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCA516A4CE; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:41:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (ms-2.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9B543D48; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:41:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@unixpages.org) Received: from r220-1 (r220-1.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.31]) by ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IED00MPMQCZY9@ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de>; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:24 +0200 (MEST) Received: from relay.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.3.1]) by r220-1 (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:23 +0200 (MEST) Received: from haakonia.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de (haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.181.92])j33GfNPo029112; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:23 +0200 (MEST) Received: from gondor.middleearth (gondor.middleearth [192.168.1.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))(Postfix) with ESMTP id CA16D28452; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by gondor.middleearth (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DD2882285A; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:16 +0200 From: Christian Brueffer In-reply-to: <425014B2.9070208@pldrouin.net> To: Pierre-Luc Drouin Message-id: <20050403164115.GQ87756@unixpages.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=tqSMaTz1cCSspCQ4; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT X-PGP-Key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D References: <424F5210.8060809@pldrouin.net> <20050403133200.GP87756@unixpages.org> <425014B2.9070208@pldrouin.net> cc: njl@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-prerelease - hanging under load X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:41:26 -0000 --tqSMaTz1cCSspCQ4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 12:07:14PM -0400, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > Christian Brueffer wrote: >=20 > >On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 09:16:48PM -0500, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > >=20 > > > >>Since I upgraded from 5.3-stable to 5.4-prerelease, I've noticed that m= y=20 > >>computer is hanging badly under load. I've a P4 2.53 GHz without=20 > >>hyperthreading (no SMP). I use the same kernel configurations than=20 > >>before. Now when I compile a port for example, the mouse pointer hangs= =20 > >>in Fluxbox and Mozilla takes forever (meaning ~5 sec) to refresh the=20 > >>screen. Even vi hangs. I do not see any warning/error message. Is it a= =20 > >>known problem with 5.4? > >> > >> =20 > >> > > > >I have experienced something similar, putting the following into rc.conf > >worked for me: > > > >performance_cpu_freq=3D"HIGH" > > > >- Christian > > > >=20 > > > Yes, this seams to fix it. I didn't know that I had a laptop? :) >=20 Good to hear. Nate, this regression was introduced during the cpufreq and friends MFC. Is switching the performance_cpu_freq default to HIGH the way to go for 5.4-RELEASE? - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --tqSMaTz1cCSspCQ4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCUByrbHYXjKDtmC0RAsmDAJ93SQfj5waX2ZZd9YWPE9Ul3FIZhACg6KT9 Ry8lNmVlr/72XQC2FiPkBAk= =7s39 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqSMaTz1cCSspCQ4--