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From: michael@optusnet.com.au
To: Sheo Shanker Prasad <ssp@creativeresearch.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Disturbing wide variation in execution time
Date: 08 Jul 2005 10:41:54 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fyuqt9gt.fsf@mo.optusnet.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200507062344.53615.ssp@creativeresearch.org>

Sheo Shanker Prasad <ssp@creativeresearch.org> writes:
[...]
> When the repaired machine was started, I began to notice the disturbing wide 
> variation and the frequect significant slow down of the machine as exhibited 
> by the factor of 2 to 2.5 increased execution time of the test program as 
> described above.  Sometimes it would be quite fast (executing at the original 
> 2m 40s) and sometime a factor of 2.5 slow, and sometimes with speed in 
> between.

Something stuffed on the CPU heatsink causing thermal speed throttling?
Just a wild guess.

Michael.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-08  0:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-07  6:44 Disturbing wide variation in execution time Sheo Shanker Prasad
2005-07-07  7:10 ` David S. Miller
2005-07-07  8:03   ` Sheo Shanker Prasad
2005-07-07  9:53     ` Eric Piel
2005-07-07 18:46 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-08 21:51   ` Sheo Shanker Prasad
2005-07-08  0:41 ` michael [this message]

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