Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2006-01-03 Thread Brett Serkez
> > On the ZoneLabs message boards I found references to use of tcsh in > > place of bash, that seems to work around the problem as follows: > > > > I wonder what the difference is between bash and tcsh that gives rise to > that idea. Your choice of shell shouldn't affect your CPU usage; and if

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2006-01-03 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Brett Serkez on 1/1/2006 1:01 PM: > > On the ZoneLabs message boards I found references to use of tcsh in > place of bash, that seems to work around the problem as follows: > I wonder what the difference is between bash and tcsh that gi

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2006-01-01 Thread Brett Serkez
I've not seen any particular difference using Cygwin between hyper-threaded and non-hyper-threaded CPUs. I have seen issues with bash and sshd consuming 100% CPU for periods of time on both, which may or may not be related to ZoneAlarm. You can better identify the specific process by starting the

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-31 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 03:44:08PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: > So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools Windoze > into thinking is a quad, then turning off HT is not really going to > help me? Help with what, the cpu spikes? You could try it and see. You could also see if the

RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> From: Samuel Thibault > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 3:13 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet > > Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 15:44:08 -0500, a écrit : > > So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 15:44:08 -0500, a écrit : > So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools Windoze into > thinking is a quad, then turning off HT is not really going to help me? I'd say it won't help, indeed ; to avoid troubles, you will probably have to disable your

RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Frier, David
: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet Hi, Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 13:29:55 -0500, a écrit : > we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. Eeeh, you just mean multi-processor zone. Hyper-threading is just a special case of multi-processor and

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 13:29:55 -0500, a écrit : > we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. Eeeh, you just mean multi-processor zone. Hyper-threading is just a special case of multi-processor and has the same issues. Regards, Samuel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cy

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 02:07:37PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: >Ordinarily I would not make the following reply on-list, but you seem >insistent that I must, so here goes. Not only am I insistent, I sent you to a page which talks about it in bold letters. I'm not sure why you need to even mention

RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Frier, David
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 13:51 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 01:29:55PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: >We have cygwin for running Ab Initio on a Win

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

2005-12-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 01:29:55PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: >We have cygwin for running Ab Initio on a Windows 2K Adv server, and >yes, we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. From browsing >the list archives and the kinds of problems people report, I'd say we've >been lucky... exce