Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:28:58 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: FreeBSD current users <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A riddle in -current Message-ID: <200209140828.g8E8Sw7s051677@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209132309340.80315-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> ; from Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> "Fri, 13 Sep 2002 23:19:26 PDT." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209132309340.80315-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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> > 2 identical machines. > the same kernel binary > /etc (basically) identical (/etc/passwd slightly different) > the same system sources compiled and installed /etc "basically" identical? What does diff say? What is being launched on each from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh ? What are the (any?) diffs between the /boot/loader.conf's? M > yet: > > one is 10% faster than the other CONSISTANTLY in buildworld > > after a reboot and 5 minutes of the EXACT same work (buildworld up to > the following message:) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> stage 2: cleaning up the object tree > -------------------------------------------------------------- > the slower machine shows in top: > > last pid: 3079; load averages: 0.01, 0.19, 0.14 up 0+00:13:02 > 06:13:55 > 24 processes: 1 running, 14 sleeping, 9 stopped > CPU states: 0.4% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.4% interrupt, 99.2% > idle > Mem: 18M Active, 106M Inact, 27M Wired, 124K Cache, 35M Buf, 94M Free > Swap: 513M Total, 513M Free > > > while the faster machine shows: > last pid: 3079; load averages: 0.00, 0.15, 0.13 up 0+00:13:25 > 06:15:55 > 24 processes: 1 running, 14 sleeping, 9 stopped > CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.4% system, 0.0% interrupt, 99.6% > idle > Mem: 11M Active, 36M Inact, 24M Wired, 144K Cache, 35M Buf, 174M Free > Swap: 513M Total, 513M Free > > > > Notice in particular the differences in Free and Inactive memory... > > > this is completely reproducible. > > anyone have any thoughts? > I can't think of anything that would affect the vm to this extent.. > > they both start out with 222 MB in the 'free' field. > > > julian > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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