Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Identifying CPUs in the kernel
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:14:27
Message-Id: 200706221850.29413.prh@gotadsl.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Identifying CPUs in the kernel by "Hemmann
1 On Friday 22 June 2007 16:01:56 Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
2 > On Freitag, 22. Juni 2007, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > I'm beginning to think there must be a problem with my motherboard. Can
4 > > anyone suggest something else for me to check?
5 >
6 > yes, wait for .22 kernel.
7
8 The vanilla sources I've tried are .22 and they behave the same.
9
10 > AFAIR There is a bugfix about scheduling on dual core cpus in the
11 > upcoming release.
12
13 I forgot to say that these are dual sockets, not cores.
14
15 > Aside from that, if everything else is more or less spreaded equally, I
16 > would suspect BOINC and not the kernel. But you can try different
17 > schedulers (Con Kolivas' rsdl or what it is called or Ingo Molnar's cfs -
18 > not to confused with with io schedulers) to see if there is a
19 > difference.
20
21 I'll look into that idea - thanks.
22
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24 Rgds
25 Peter Humphrey
26 Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93
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