RE: FreeBSD, SMP and Performance Speeds?

I'm crossposting to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as per suggestion. My original post, edited: > > ... why any kernels compiled with SMP enabled seem > > to be slowing the whole system down? Throughput goes down by 40%. Tasks > > take twice as long to run, etc, etc... > > ... it appears to be system-wide

FreeBSD, SMP and Performance Speeds?

All - I have RTFM'd, with little luck. Can some enlightened soul impart knowledge upon me, thus letting me know why any kernels compiled with SMP enabled seem to be slowing the whole system down? Throughput goes down by 40%. Tasks take twice as long to run, etc, etc... I have multiple boxes

PCI Probing Utility?

Oh FreeBSD Gurus... I tried throwing this out to the 'Questions' listserver and got zero reply. So Is there some quick, down & dirty way of assessing the bus-speeds of PCI slots/busses on a given box? I have a whole rack of systems with FreeBSD 4.5 on 'em, and need to know the PCI bus conf

FreeBSD onto An Intel Saber 8-Proc Server

All - I am relatively new to the FreeBSD environs and am a test engineer for Intel, testing NICs and NIC drivers. I have installed/uninstalled FreeBSD 4.3 thru 4.5 on a diverse array of machines, but am stumped when it comes to the Intel Saber. (This is an 8-proc box running 700MHz Zeons, 8 GI

Solution for "panic: swap_pager_swap_init: swap_zone == NULL"?

Greetings FreeBSD gurus - I am brand new to the OS. I test NIC drivers for Intel products and we are turning towards an emphasized support for FreeBSD. One of my test boxes produces the following error on bootup: "panic: swap_pager_swap_init: swap_zone == NULL" A quick Google search suggests