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Date:      Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:19:23 +0000
From:      Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/104624: Sound, mouse and keyboard badly interrupted while I/O (disk, net)
Message-ID:  <20101212121923.GA61077@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20101212111844.7510053e@core.draftnet>
References:  <201012121110.oBCBABjm057751@freefall.freebsd.org> <20101212111844.7510053e@core.draftnet>

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On Sun Dec 12 10, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:10:11 GMT
> Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> >  i can confirm that a similar issue exists for me running a very
> > recent HEAD snapshot on amd64. when the disk is performing heavy i/o
> > (make -j8 buildworld e.g.) sound starts stuttering and the system
> > goes semi-responsive. mostly the mouse input (usb) is lagging, but
> > sometimes the cursor freezes in it's current position for 10 seconds
> > or so. 
> 
> There was a discussion recently where we noticed this problem appeared
> to occur mostly on systems with Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs. I've seen a
> login paused for over 5 seconds (between typing the password and
> the motd being displayed) due to an "svn up" on my laptop for example.

bulls eye!

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2160  @ 1.80GHz (2394.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6fd  Family = 6  Model = f  Stepping = 13
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,
CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0xe39d<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM>
  AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  TSC: P-state invariant

cheers.
alex

ps: was this a private discussion or a public one? i'd really like to read up
on this one.

> 
> -- 
> Bruce Cran

-- 
a13x



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