Performance of 4.x vs 5.x (Re: Lifetime of FreeBSD branches)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 07:26:31AM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >Show me vmstat -i now.
> 
> interrupt                          total       rate
> irq1: atkbd0                         586          0
> irq13: npx0                            1          0
> irq14: ata0                           94          0
> irq17: wi0                            54          0
> irq20: fxp0 atapci1                62079         99
> irq21: uhci0 ehci0                     1          0
> irq22: uhci1                        1102          1
> lapic0: timer                    1246549       1994
> lapic1: timer                    1246427       1994
> Total                            2556893       4091
> 
> 
> The only relevant conflict I could see is irc 20; but I had already 
> tested that by removing fxp0 from the kernel.

I wonder if USB is causing the problem all on its own..since that was
the culprit in other situations when it was being triggered by virtue
of interrupt sharing.  Any chance you can try a non-USB mouse and
remove USB from your kernel?

Kris
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