In the last episode (Jan 23), Terry Lambert said: > Atte Peltomaki wrote: > > Description: > > > > Every time machine is under heavy load (CPU, network, disks) it > > completely jamms for fraction of a second for every ten seconds or so, > > everything just stops and then continues. I noticed this while compiling > > software and copying files over NFS while listening to MP3's, later > > realized it wasn't just MP3's that lagged, but the whole machine, > > including console and everything. > > If you lean on the keyboard, or if you set up the network adapters > as "entropy" sources, does the problem fix itself?
If you're thinking it's /dev/random blocking on him, 5.0's output never blocks. Its output is a PRNG periodically seeded from random data, including interrupt timings and LAN traffic by default. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
