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Date:      Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:53:55 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thomas Sparrevohn <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CURRENT Kernel makes the system run very very hot
Message-ID:  <20071208225231.B12952@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <200712081728.18710.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com>
References:  <200712081728.18710.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com>

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On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Thomas Sparrevohn wrote:

> There something weird going on - at minimal workloads my system gets very 
> very hot - The system is watercooled, 4 Fan's etc its a quad core QX6700 - 
> make buildkernel - will make the fans run at highest speed (its impossibly 
> to be in the room at the same time).
>
> There are no problems when running other OS'es - Are anybody else having 
> this kind of problems (PS its a relatively new thing - maybe 2 weeks)?

I don't know what kernel configuration you're using, but by default the 
GENERIC kernel on -CURRENT has a lot of debugging options enabled, doing 
things like lock order checking, memory scrubbing, etc.  Does the same box 
"run hot" with a 7.0 beta install?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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