2.6.9 slows down everything

2.6.9 slows down everything

[Jan Panteltje]

Slow slow slow, compile takes looooong time..../
even with all modules removed.
Even the mouse becomes sluggy
top shops no excessive CPU usage.
I am back to 2.4.25,

Re: 2.6.9 slows down everything

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:50:50 +0100, Jan Panteltje <panteltje@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Slow slow slow, compile takes looooong time..../
> even with all modules removed.
> Even the mouse becomes sluggy
> top shops no excessive CPU usage.
> I am back to 2.4.25,

OK... and what is the point of your post?
If you want to report bugs please read REPORTING-BUGS first.

Thanks.

Re: 2.6.9 slows down everything

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 02:50:50PM +0100, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> Slow slow slow, compile takes looooong time..../
> even with all modules removed.
> Even the mouse becomes sluggy
> top shops no excessive CPU usage.
> I am back to 2.4.25,

I've heard of several MTRR issues with 2.6.x, of which this is likely
an instance.

The pattern seemed to involve attempts to cover the final portion of
RAM with numerous fragments decreasing in size with ascending
physical address, and failure to cover the final 4-8MB RAM. Odder
still, the affected systems seemed to only have 1GB RAM, and for some
reason 2.4.x was not affected.

I've walked about 3 or 4 users through manually correcting the MTRR
settings over the past 2 weeks.


-- wli