Am 08.10.2010 03:44, Peter Pastor wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> I noticed a spike in the latency over around 600-800microseconds when
> starting an opengl window.
> 
> I have the SMI workaround enabled and also included my device id in the
> 
> /usr/src/xenomai/ksrc/arch/x86/smi.c
> 
> file
> 
> lspci -vvv -nn shows a
> 
> Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:3a16]
> 
> so I added
> 
> {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ICH10_1)},
> 
> After recompiling the kernel I finally saw
> 
> [    2.443949] Xenomai: SMI-enabled chipset found
> 
> ( I did not see that line before )
> but unfortunately I also saw
> 
> [    2.443957] Xenomai: SMI workaround failed!
> 
> Well, the latency test still showed spikes of about 600-800microsends when
> for example starting or closing glxgears. I am using a nvidia FxQuadro FX
> 4800 and I am using the latest nvidia driver which I downloaded from the
> nvidia homepage (256.53).

The nice nvdidia driver is known to cause latency peaks during DMA
memory allocation/mapping (wbinvd...). You will have to leave it in a
stable state (no X restarts, no 3D or CUDA setup/tear-down, not sure
about mode switches ATM) as long as the RT load is running.

Jan

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