-- Zinx Verituse (finger @bliss.penguinpowered.com for pgp/gpg keys)(new jul10/99) pgp9FE5C9747EB8FF329BB13199C4008E67/gpg574673A12184A27A9EC0EDCCE132BCEF921B1558 0"2-1=0>0:1(2<192:0?0;0A0@2=0<0=1.0A2=0<2A0-">:#v_52*,@ 55*-3*\68*-+, v >Mike Frisch wrote:
> I am running 2.3.18ac8 on an ABit BP6 with dual Celeron 300s and 128MB > RAM. When running a uniprocessor kernel, the system performance is as > expected, but when running an SMP kernel, the system is generally slow and > clunky. My RC5 keyrates are half (or less) than they are when the > uniprocessor kernel is running. A quick look at the procinfo output > reveals the following: > > irq 0: 6507260 timer irq 6: 3 > irq 1: 25880 keyboard irq 10: 277422 NE2000 > irq 2: 0 cascade [4] irq 13: 1 fpu > irq 4: 128804 serial irq 14: 229244 ide0 > irq 5: 44716209 soundblaster irq 15: 3 ide1 > > Doesn't the interrupt count for IRQ5 look a little high in comparison with > the timer count? Could this be an indication as to what's causing the poor > performance? > > When the system is sitting idle in GNOME/Enlightenment with a couple of > xterms running, the load is in the 3-5 range which seems abnormal as well. > > Any assistance is appreciated. I can provide any more additional > information as necessary. > > Mike. > > ====================================================================== > Mike Frisch Email: mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org > Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch > Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA > ======================================================================
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