Re: Nasty oops (plural)

Mailing List Reader (listread@gambit.punk.net)
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:39:04 -0800 (PST)

> > Linux idles the processor when Linux is idle, consuming less power and
> > generating less heat. If once the CPU is hot, the errors come in
> > droves, then you have inadequate cooling. If CPU temperature doesn't
> > have anything to do with it but load average does, it might be bad
> > RAM or too few wait states (or too slow a refresh period).
>
> The rc5 client is a great test btw.. its brought down a couple of peoples
> boxes I know that didnt have CPU fans fitted when they should have
>
speaking of the rc5 client, has anyone else had it behave strange under
linux SMP?

I have a dual-166 system (tyan tomcat II -- I'll give more details if
requested).

Running one copy of the client takes about 27 minutes.

If I run 2 copies, each one takes 90 minutes.

I haven't had problems with the machine before not handling cpu intensive
tasks correctly (it has handled me doing a neural net train in parallel with
thumbnail regeneration on 3000 jpeg's).

Also I have found that the older client is faster than the newer client.

I'll look into the speed oddity more, but just figured I'd ask if someone
else had similar syptoms.

Steve