Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread erik quanstrom
i'd guess the most reciently changed devices should head the list of leading suspects: --rw-rw-r-- M 72 glenda sys 1591 Oct 4 01:40 pcmciamodem.c --rw-rw-r-- M 72 glenda sys 30411 Oct 8 19:31 ether82557.c --rw-rw-r-- M 72 geoffsys 37571 Oct 8 20:30 sdiahci.c --rw-rw-r-- M 72 geoff

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 10:28 AM, Gabriel Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I'm getting the same with a new kernel (pulled minutes ago), i tried two > kernel configurations (for pcf kernel), one configured with a default pcf > and other with settings to build just what i think i need. > > With bo

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread Gabriel Diaz
Hello I'm getting the same with a new kernel (pulled minutes ago), i tried two kernel configurations (for pcf kernel), one configured with a default pcf and other with settings to build just what i think i need. With both kernels i get high intr. rates (stats shows ~28), with and without time

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 8:06 AM, Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok another fresh install, I killed timesync, but am still getting > > thousands of interrupts. And I'm noticing I'm getting about 18 fossil > > instances and 14 venti instances. > > > > not sure if that's normal or not. > > Are you s

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread Russ Cox
> Ok another fresh install, I killed timesync, but am still getting > thousands of interrupts. And I'm noticing I'm getting about 18 fossil > instances and 14 venti instances. > > not sure if that's normal or not. Are you sure you have a recent CD? What you're describing sounds like the venti sy

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 6:47 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what chipset & ethernet controller. > > - erik > It's an nForce 2 I believe (haven't really turned this thing on for like a year or so). 3com Ethernet controller 3c59x seems correct :-) It's got an nvidia ethernet controller to

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 7:27 AM, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 21, 2007 6:51 AM, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that is probably correct. doesn't amd only "suggest" the clock > > frequency to be what they think the processor speed is when compared > > to the original

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 6:51 AM, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that is probably correct. doesn't amd only "suggest" the clock > frequency to be what they think the processor speed is when compared > to the original 1GHz Athlon? Yeah their product numbers are not really the clock speed.

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread andrey mirtchovski
that is probably correct. doesn't amd only "suggest" the clock frequency to be what they think the processor speed is when compared to the original 1GHz Athlon? what is the current time reported by the system? try running timesync and monitor the cpufreq for sudden increase/decreases. of course th

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread erik quanstrom
what chipset & ethernet controller. - erik

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 6:34 AM, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > timesync can cause the kernel to think that the cpu has a much > different frequency than it really does, which can cause time to speed > up, timers to fire much sooner than usual and so on. see what > /dev/cputype says... >

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread andrey mirtchovski
timesync can cause the kernel to think that the cpu has a much different frequency than it really does, which can cause time to speed up, timers to fire much sooner than usual and so on. see what /dev/cputype says...

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 21, 2007 6:28 AM, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2007 4:21 PM, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the best way to catch timesync-related issues is to use a stop watch > > to measure the duration of 'sleep 60'. seriously :) > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2007

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 20, 2007 4:21 PM, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the best way to catch timesync-related issues is to use a stop watch > to measure the duration of 'sleep 60'. seriously :) > > > On Nov 20, 2007 5:08 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue Nov 20 17:38:05

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-21 Thread David Leimbach
On Nov 20, 2007 4:08 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue Nov 20 17:38:05 EST 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I figured maybe something is going on with venti and an initial > > snapshot after an install, but it's been doing this now for > 6hours. > > > > I've got gnot showin

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-20 Thread andrey mirtchovski
the best way to catch timesync-related issues is to use a stop watch to measure the duration of 'sleep 60'. seriously :) On Nov 20, 2007 5:08 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue Nov 20 17:38:05 EST 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I figured maybe something is going on with v

Re: [9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Nov 20 17:38:05 EST 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I figured maybe something is going on with venti and an initial > snapshot after an install, but it's been doing this now for > 6hours. > > I've got gnot showing about 15000 and higher interrupts per second... could be timesync misconfig

[9fans] thousands of interrupts per second

2007-11-20 Thread David Leimbach
I figured maybe something is going on with venti and an initial snapshot after an install, but it's been doing this now for > 6hours. I've got gnot showing about 15000 and higher interrupts per second...