2004-06-19 21:09:51

by Florin Iucha

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Subject: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

Hello,

I have updated my kernel to 2.6.7-bk2 this morning and it felt faster
than 2.6.7! It feels faster in firefox and it is noticeably faster in
gnome-terminal. Goodness!

But, there is downside as well: the clock runs faster. 125-150% faster ;(
It is weird since the time server does not correct it.

Can I get the speed with a correct clock? Please?

florin

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2004-06-19 21:23:35

by Manuel Arostegui Ramirez

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

El S?bado 19 Junio 2004 23:07, Florin Iucha escribi?:
> Hello,
>
> I have updated my kernel to 2.6.7-bk2 this morning and it felt faster
> than 2.6.7! It feels faster in firefox and it is noticeably faster in
> gnome-terminal. Goodness!
>
> But, there is downside as well: the clock runs faster. 125-150% faster ;(
> It is weird since the time server does not correct it.
>
> Can I get the speed with a correct clock? Please?
>
> florin

Are you sure that Firefox is faster with 2.6.7? I haven't noticed it yet...

Cheers
Manuel.

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2004-06-19 22:49:09

by Dominik Karall

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Saturday 19 June 2004 23:07, Florin Iucha wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have updated my kernel to 2.6.7-bk2 this morning and it felt faster
> than 2.6.7! It feels faster in firefox and it is noticeably faster in
> gnome-terminal. Goodness!
>
> But, there is downside as well: the clock runs faster. 125-150% faster ;(
> It is weird since the time server does not correct it.
>
> Can I get the speed with a correct clock? Please?
>
> florin

Yes, same here! I had to decrease the speed of the keyboard in KDE config,
because I couldn't type a character without that the character was printed
hundred times.
The jumping icon on startup of several KDE apps, is now jumping much faster
too and apps are started much faster!
I'm working on a Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU.

greets dominik

2004-06-19 23:06:49

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 19 June 2004 23:07, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have updated my kernel to 2.6.7-bk2 this morning and it felt faster
> > than 2.6.7! It feels faster in firefox and it is noticeably faster in
> > gnome-terminal. Goodness!
> >
> > But, there is downside as well: the clock runs faster. 125-150% faster ;(
> > It is weird since the time server does not correct it.
> >
> > Can I get the speed with a correct clock? Please?
> >
> > florin
>
> Yes, same here!

dmesg and .config, please.

2004-06-19 23:16:17

by Dominik Karall

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:05, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 19 June 2004 23:07, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have updated my kernel to 2.6.7-bk2 this morning and it felt faster
> > > than 2.6.7! It feels faster in firefox and it is noticeably faster in
> > > gnome-terminal. Goodness!
> > >
> > > But, there is downside as well: the clock runs faster. 125-150% faster
> > > ;( It is weird since the time server does not correct it.
> > >
> > > Can I get the speed with a correct clock? Please?
> > >
> > > florin
> >
> > Yes, same here!
>
> dmesg and .config, please.
attached

cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 2672.862
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : 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 ht tm pbe cid
bogomips : 5275.64

greets dominik


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2004-06-19 23:24:30

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > dmesg and .config, please.
> attached

The dmesg output is incomplete. You'll need to use `dmesg -s 1000000' to
get all of it.

I wish that would get fixed actually. Seems a bit silly, and current
kernels permit querying of the ringbuffer size.

2004-06-19 23:30:44

by Dominik Karall

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:23, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > dmesg and .config, please.
> >
> > attached
>
> The dmesg output is incomplete. You'll need to use `dmesg -s 1000000' to
> get all of it.
>
> I wish that would get fixed actually. Seems a bit silly, and current
> kernels permit querying of the ringbuffer size.
'dmesg -s 1000000' output attached.

greets dominik


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2004-06-20 00:28:54

by Zwane Mwaikambo

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Dominik Karall wrote:

> On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:23, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > dmesg and .config, please.
> > >
> > > attached
> >
> > The dmesg output is incomplete. You'll need to use `dmesg -s 1000000' to
> > get all of it.
> >
> > I wish that would get fixed actually. Seems a bit silly, and current
> > kernels permit querying of the ringbuffer size.
> 'dmesg -s 1000000' output attached.

Try booting with 'acpi=off'

IRQ to pin mappings:
IRQ0 -> 0:0-> 0:2

2004-06-20 00:49:30

by Dominik Karall

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sunday 20 June 2004 02:30, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Dominik Karall wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:23, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > dmesg and .config, please.
> > > >
> > > > attached
> > >
> > > The dmesg output is incomplete. You'll need to use `dmesg -s 1000000'
> > > to get all of it.
> > >
> > > I wish that would get fixed actually. Seems a bit silly, and current
> > > kernels permit querying of the ringbuffer size.
> >
> > 'dmesg -s 1000000' output attached.
>
> Try booting with 'acpi=off'
>
> IRQ to pin mappings:
> IRQ0 -> 0:0-> 0:2

After booting with 'acpi=off' it works as normal.

dmesg
...
IRQ to pin mappings:
IRQ0 -> 0:2
....

Let me know if you need more information.

greets dominik

2004-06-20 02:32:39

by Hemmann, Volker Armin

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

Hi,

I have the same problem.

Everything seems to be double speed. The keys, the little moving icon in the
top right off the konqueror window and the cursor is blinking like mad.
glxgears fps are halved, like the fps in unreal tournament 2004 demo.

There everything was incredidbly fast, but fps halved.

testgart showed only half of the ususal throughput.

Oh, and between a boot, recompiling some modules and reboot I lost over 500
secs.

Attached are dmesg output and config.

Gl?ck Auf,
Volker

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2004-06-20 03:08:29

by Florin Iucha

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 04:05:32PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> dmesg and .config, please.

Attached.

florin

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2004-06-20 04:16:43

by Tim Connors

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

"Hemmann, Volker Armin" <[email protected]> said on Sun, 20 Jun 2004 04:31:44 +0200:
> Hi,
>
> I have the same problem.
>
> Everything seems to be double speed. The keys, the little moving icon in th=
> e=20
> top right off the konqueror window and the cursor is blinking like mad.=20
> glxgears fps are halved, like the fps in unreal tournament 2004 demo.
>
> There everything was incredidbly fast, but fps halved.

You realise that FPS has the "per second" part as measured by the
computer, right? And what will happen if the computer thinks a second
takes less time?

Of course FPS will go down, but the real Frames per Human-Second
probably hasn't changed at all.


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2004-06-20 14:34:44

by Hans-Frieder Vogt

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

Hi List,

I traced the current double-speed issue for 2.6.7-bk2 on x86-64 back to an
ACPI-change in mpparse.c. The small attached patch solved the issue at least
on my MSI K8T Neo (Athlon 64 3200+) system.

--- linux-2.6.7-bk2.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c 2004-06-19
17:17:15.824315000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7-bk2/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c 2004-06-20 16:02:34.974446912
+0200
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@

for (idx = 0; idx < mp_irq_entries; idx++)
if (mp_irqs[idx].mpc_srcbus == MP_ISA_BUS &&
- (mp_irqs[idx].mpc_dstapic == ioapic) &&
+ (mp_irqs[idx].mpc_dstapic == intsrc.mpc_dstapic) &&
(mp_irqs[idx].mpc_srcbusirq == i ||
mp_irqs[idx].mpc_dstirq == i))
break;

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2004-06-20 23:15:42

by Andries Brouwer

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Subject: Re: linux-2.6.7-bk2 runs faster than linux-2.6.7 ;)

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 04:23:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> The dmesg output is incomplete. You'll need to use `dmesg -s 1000000' to
> get all of it.
>
> I wish that would get fixed actually. Seems a bit silly, and current
> kernels permit querying of the ringbuffer size.

Hi Andrew - not so impatient.
Of course I fixed dmesg before I fixed the kernel.

From: Matthew Gregan <[email protected]>

: Hi Andries,
:
: Attached is a small patch to dmesg that adds support for the new
: functionality in kernel 2.6.6 and upwards to read the size of the kernel
: message ring buffer.

Thanks!
However, dmesg already has this code.

Andries