From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 17:00:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C763316A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opiate.soulwax.net (CPE0010a702d464-CM000039ae486b.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [63.138.27.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 397B444027 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:00:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chopra@opiate.soulwax.net) Received: by opiate.soulwax.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9569E65; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:59:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:59:43 -0400 From: Munish Chopra To: Aggelos Economopoulos Message-ID: <20030929235943.GC637@opiate.soulwax.net> Mail-Followup-To: Aggelos Economopoulos , Jeff Roberson , current@freebsd.org References: <20030929181154.E99666-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> <200309300207.13767.aoiko@cc.ece.ntua.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309300207.13767.aoiko@cc.ece.ntua.gr> cc: Jeff Roberson cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of SCHED_ULE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:58 -0000 On 2003-09-30 02:07 +0300, Aggelos Economopoulos wrote: > On Tuesday 30 September 2003 01:12, Jeff Roberson wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Aggelos Economopoulos wrote: > > > On Monday 29 September 2003 08:05, Jeff Roberson wrote: > > > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Arjan van Leeuwen wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > It happens when compiling stuff, when loading complicated pages in > > > > > Mozilla Firebird, and when logging out of GNOME 2.4 (the 'background > > > > > fade' animation brings my Athlon XP 2000+ to its knees when I use > > > > > SCHED_ULE). > > > > > > > > > > Arjan > > > > > > > > Gnome seems to be a common theme. Are you also using libkse? There > > > > could be some interaction there. > > > I'm having the same experience, no gnome involved. > > > I'm experiencing similar stuff with kde + libthr (kernel built with > > > sources from 18/9). > > > > > > Aggelos > > > > Are you running seti, rc4, etc? Any programs that sit in the background > > and consume 100% of the cpu? > > No. But interactive performance deteriorates instantly when compiling or > linking two or more programs (of course I expect it to deteriorate, but the > gui is _much_ more jerky with SCHED_ULE than with SCHED_4BSD). Let me know if > I can help with any more info. > I second that. I'm not running anything heavy, background or not. Windowmaker, a few desktops, a bunch of aterms -- that's more or less all. The most easily noticeable pessimization is probably Firebird (or Mozilla if you prefer). Compile anything, and try opening or closing a few tabs, or navigating. It's rather painful. This is on a Thunderbird 1200 sporting 512MB RAM. It's not exactly fast by today's standards, but operation is much smoother under SCHED_4BSD. -- Munish Chopra