CPU problems after 8.0-STABLE update
Hey, I installed 8.0 release and used it very briefly until updating through cvsup to the latest stable source. I had no problems with the release (DVD) version, except that my wireless card wasn't detected, so updating was the natural thing to do. My hardware is an ASUS dual Turion laptop (K50AB), and my working setup was like this: - /boot/loader.conf: cpufreq_load="YES" hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="1" - /etc/rc.conf: powerd_enable="YES" It was working fine, the CPU frequency was scaling as expected, I checked it numerous times while working and idle with 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq'. Also, the load was displayed correctly in the taskmanager (I don't remember what was displayed in 'top', but I suppose it was ok). Now, after updating through buildworld, powerd doesn't scale the frequency anymore. My observations pointed out that the problem is that the CPU load is not detected correctly anymore: - I got three frequency steps: 575, 1150 and 2300 (correctly detected by dev.cpu.0.freq_levels while cpufreq module is loaded), but powerd scales down the frequency to the minimum, 575 then keeps it like that no matter of the load - dev.cpu.0.freq shows 575 and I got large build times because of it. To be able to use it fully, I have to kill powerd and set the frequency manually, or disable it at startup. - 'top -P' displays only one CPU and its load is 0% everything all the time, despite any load - I can't see anything in a taskmanager, the last time I tried with xfce and CURRENT (CURRENT had the same issue) - dev.cpu.0.cx_usage shows 100%. --- I'd like to find out the problem, why the CPU level is not detected correctly and how to fix this/report. Thanks, Mihai ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: CPU problems after 8.0-STABLE update
on 04/04/2010 09:32 Akephalos Akephalos said the following: > - 'top -P' displays only one CPU and its load is 0% everything all the time, > despite any load So this is probably the root cause. Do you I have any unusual messages in dmesg after the upgrade? Anything about RTC? -- Andriy Gapon ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: CPU problems after 8.0-STABLE update
2010/4/4 Akephalos Akephalos : > Hey, > > I installed 8.0 release and used it very briefly until updating through > cvsup to the latest stable source. I had no problems with the release (DVD) > version, except that my wireless card wasn't detected, so updating was the > natural thing to do. My hardware is an ASUS dual Turion laptop (K50AB), and > my working setup was like this: > > - /boot/loader.conf: > cpufreq_load="YES" > hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="1" > - /etc/rc.conf: > powerd_enable="YES" > > It was working fine, the CPU frequency was scaling as expected, I checked it > numerous times while working and idle with 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq'. Also, > the load was displayed correctly in the taskmanager (I don't remember what > was displayed in 'top', but I suppose it was ok). > > Now, after updating through buildworld, powerd doesn't scale the frequency > anymore. My observations pointed out that the problem is that the CPU load > is not detected correctly anymore: > - I got three frequency steps: 575, 1150 and 2300 (correctly detected by > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels while cpufreq module is loaded), but powerd scales > down the frequency to the minimum, 575 then keeps it like that no matter of > the load - dev.cpu.0.freq shows 575 and I got large build times because of > it. To be able to use it fully, I have to kill powerd and set the frequency > manually, or disable it at startup. > - 'top -P' displays only one CPU and its load is 0% everything all the time, > despite any load > - I can't see anything in a taskmanager, the last time I tried with xfce and > CURRENT (CURRENT had the same issue) > - dev.cpu.0.cx_usage shows 100%. > --- > > I'd like to find out the problem, why the CPU level is not detected > correctly and how to fix this/report. What architecture is it? May you try setting machdep.lapic_allclocks to 1 in /boot/loader.conf? May you report #dmesg | grep atrtc Thanks, Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Results of BIND RFC
On 2010-Apr-03 19:01:52 -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >Ruben de Groot wrote: >> defer all questions about moving out of the base system ... > >Last I knew, X was not _in_ the base system :) Well, that's an excellent topic for another bikeshed - Should X be made part of the base system? I know it is on OpenBSD. :-) :-) -- Peter Jeremy pgpSkvuvsDEnm.pgp Description: PGP signature
8.1-RELEASE Preliminary Schedule
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those of you who are wondering when 8.1-RELEASE might arrive, we have discussed it and come up with the initial target schedule. The highlights are: Freeze May 24th, 2010 BETA1 May 28th, 2010 RC1 June 11th, 2010 RC2 June 25th, 2010 RELEASE July 9th, 2010 As usual, that's subject to change but it's at least our current target. The schedule is posted to the Web: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/schedule.html That page includes a link to the 8.1TODO wiki page: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/8.1TODO Though we're just barely started so there really isn't anything interesting there yet - so far it just has the schedule... Thanks. - -- Ken Smith - - From there to here, from here to | kensm...@buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAku5LlAACgkQ/G14VSmup/bQTQCeIaCLPuJoYVDjgB+rZDDsmjVz 49IAnjlgZ++ZJRMvfH9SkcGL1dcPTGuH =kP6w -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: CPU problems after 8.0-STABLE update
Thank you for your replies. Sadly, I must say that I currently don't have the system installed at all so i won't be able to test the issue any more. @Andriy: I checked dmesg for RTC (with grep -i) and is was not there. Among the messages it seemed that the system detected my dual CPU type and stuff. There was something containing 'rtc', possibly 'atrtc' what Attilio asked for, but it's irrelevant as long as I don't remember the message - it didn't seem to e an error. @Attilio: my CPU is AMD Turion 64 X2. Because I don't have FreeBSD installed any more, I can't tell you the report, I am very sorry, my computer was not usable as a workstation (port-related) and I was forced to uninstall to try something else. I think the problem can be replicated on any computer with this processor, it happened to me for two times, once updating to CURRENT and once to STABLE, through buildkernel/world, hopefully someone else will be able to provide the feedback. Thank you! Mihai ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
