Tickless is bad, mmkay? David A. Parker wrote: > Does anyone know whether a tickless system (dynamic ticks) is or is not > preferable? I have read some things that say to use dynamic tiks, but > threads in this list have said not to. Any definitive answer on this? > > Thanks, > Dave > > Saint K. wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for your reply (and the others). The kernel in question used is the >> 2.6.27. I compiled it using the default config file which ships with Lenny. >> I have played around with HZ settings, the preempt thingies, tickles etc, >> but nothing seems to influence the CPU load. (This is tested with a vanilla >> TF2 install). >> >> Could you point out to me which are the important settings I should >> configure? I'll then give 2.6.28-rc4 a shot as suggested. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ics >> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 5:06 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] More kernel questions >> >> Yes, only thing that could have increased is slight peaks on TF2 server >> CPU usage but overall its running as fine as before like few other >> servers on that machine. 30 slot TF2, average CPUon full ~85% (1 core), >> C2Q6600 2,4GHz. There was a email screenshot on some site where a guy >> asked if Valve is going to update TF2 into L4D engine and the answer was >> yes. Perhaps this change will lower the usage that you are seeing. Have >> you tried another kernel to see if the problem persists? We tested >> 2.6.27 first, then newer one 2.6.28-rc4 which seems to run fine. >> >> -ics >> >> Jordy van Wolferen kirjoitti: >> >>> Did you check with htop? >>> I see tf2 is eating around 5% of the total cpu on a quad core: >>> >>> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 @ 2.13GHz >>> Kernel: Stock Debian kernel: 2.6.26-1-amd64 >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:26 PM, ics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> We also updated to lenny from etch so we could have never glibc to run >>>> L4D and i havent seen any increased performance with TF2 server on the >>>> same machine as L4D ones are. If you have old kernel or one that came >>>> along with a system, that might be the cause. >>>> >>>> -ics >>>> >>>> Jordy van Wolferen kirjoitti: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have the feeling it;s debian related. >>>>> I updated from etch to lenny (for l4d) and tf2 is using way more >>>>> >> resources now. >> >>>>> Can anyone confirm this? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Saint K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently installed Debian Lenny on a dual Qcore Xeon (new onces) >>>>>> >> 2.33GHz >> >>>>>> machine. My issue currently is that an empty TF2 server uses already >>>>>> >> around >> >>>>>> 8% CPU load on a single core. With 5 players this rises to 25% already, >>>>>> >> and >> >>>>>> when coming close to 20 players it uses 99.99% of one core(10 ish FPS). >>>>>> >>>>>> Somehow this must be related to the kernel, I just can't figure out >>>>>> >> what it >> >>>>>> is. I've tried several different kernels, but see no change in the >>>>>> >> readings. >> >>>>>> Would some one be willing to share their kernel config file? I am >>>>>> >> looking >> >>>>>> for a stable FPS with as low CPU load as possible. As long as the FPS >>>>>> >> is >> >>>>>> somewere around 80 stable I'm fine with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>>> >> please visit: >> >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> >> please visit: >> >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> >> please visit: >> >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> >> please visit: >> >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > >
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