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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:17:41 -0400
From:      "David Hill" <djhill@novagate.net>
To:        "Liu Siwei" <swliu2002@yahoo.com>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD current is very slow
Message-ID:  <001d01c13a5f$8fb6a3a0$0201a8c0@hill.hom>
References:  <20010911005831.881.qmail@web20203.mail.yahoo.com>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Liu Siwei" <swliu2002@yahoo.com>
To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: FreeBSD current is very slow


> Hi,all:
>     Do you run freebsd-current? what current? I make a
> clean SNAP of freebsd-current through make release.
> And make a CD. I install freebsd-current from my own
> CD. All things are fine. But its multimedia is not
> soundable. I compile gnome-1.4 on this current-SNAP
> smoothly from source through ports. But when I first
> run gnome desktop environment, it takes long time to
> appear desktop environment. But when I disable the
> gnome's sound event and restart it again, it is very
> quickly start up. This is one reason I say that.
>     Secondly, I make mpg123 from ports by
> source(current ports). I start it in background like
> this: "mpg123 my.mp3 &", I use top command to see my
> system's load, I was surpised: mpg123 only takes no
> more than 5% system resources, but the interrupt TAKES
> more than 90% system resources. So my system is very
> slow to run other software. Why? and I want to know
> what's the interrupt and it relates what?
>     Now, I have installed FreeBSD 4.4RC1. I compile
> mpg123 again, and play it background, I find the
> interrupt takes no more than 5% system resource!
>     Is it FreeBSD-current's BUGs???
>
> Best Regard.
>
>
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FreeBSD-current, by default, has debugging turned on in the kernel.  Try
recompiling your kernel without the debugging options, and it should work
very quickly.

- David

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