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Date:      Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:41:16 +0200
From:      Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>
To:        Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.4-prerelease - hanging under load
Message-ID:  <20050403164115.GQ87756@unixpages.org>
In-Reply-To: <425014B2.9070208@pldrouin.net>
References:  <424F5210.8060809@pldrouin.net> <20050403133200.GP87756@unixpages.org> <425014B2.9070208@pldrouin.net>

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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=
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> >>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=
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> >>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

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