[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1188647] Re: Please change intel_pstate default to disable

2014-06-08 Thread Doug Smythies
Kernel 3.15 contains some intel_pstate changes that should address the issues I raised in post 16 above. For Ubuntu one concern is: For the 250 Hz kernel the default sample rate will result in an actual different sample rate, and thus the response curve is a little different than for the 1000 Hz

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1188647] Re: Please change intel_pstate default to disable

2014-04-26 Thread Doug Smythies
For the decision to re-enable the intel pstate driver by default or not, the suggestion is to be cautious. The driver keeps changing in rather fundamental ways, such that one can never be sure how it is going to perform. I will attach two graphs to (hopefully) help make my point. The first graph

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1188647] Re: Please change intel_pstate default to disable

2014-04-26 Thread Doug Smythies
Graph 2 of 2. see previous comment. ** Attachment added: Sleep / load frequency sweep from 2 to 250 Hertz. Kernel 3.12 and 3.15RC2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1188647/+attachment/4097699/+files/k315rc2_k312_freq_sweep.png -- You received this bug notification

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2014-01-08 Thread Doug Smythies
The issue is that all of those kernels work, the issue does not appear until the kernel configuration changes between saucy and trusty, as mentioned in my original posting. Without even knowing a good starting point, I tried a kernel bi-section, but with the new configuration and went back as far

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2014-01-08 Thread Doug Smythies
After a month, and off course, I checked that the issue was still present with an up to date system when I added notes to this bug report a couple of hours ago, right? Well, due to incompetence on my part, I was not running the current 14.04 kernel, when I thought I was. This issue is fixed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-12-05 Thread Doug Smythies
@ Joseph Salisbury: Thank you for the suggestions. I would like to try to bisect the kernel. I am setup with GIT for my kernel.org version of the kernel. I have tried to bisect the kernel 3 times before, and succeeded once. I will have to study GIT again to remember how to do anything beyond git

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-12-01 Thread Doug Smythies
I tried the Ubuntu kernel 3.13RC2, and the CPU user, sys, idle, and wait information making no sense at all issue remains. As I see it now, if there is a fb0 device, then the issue will exist: doug@test-smy:~$ ls -l /dev/fb0 crw-rw 1 root video 29, 0 Dec 1 08:25 /dev/fb0 If there is not a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-30 Thread Doug Smythies
I have isolated the kernel configuration differences down to: doug@v32-serv03:~/kernel/linux-3.12.0$ diff config_def config_05 781c781 CONFIG_X86_SYSFB=y --- # CONFIG_X86_SYSFB is not set 4869c4869 CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y --- # CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not set 4900c4900

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-27 Thread Doug Smythies
I noticed some differences with the output of vmstat depending on the delay parameter. The attachment is a loop of vmstat command for delay = 1 to 50 in steps of 1. In a moment I will add the same thing but with the good kernel configuration. I have been trying to create a 14.04 i386 VM on my

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-27 Thread Doug Smythies
** Attachment added: various delays on vstat - good config https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1254920/+attachment/3918412/+files/vmstat_loop_good.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-26 Thread Doug Smythies
Yes, I already tried kernel 3.13RC1 a couple of days ago, and it was the same. I tried the one from the Ubuntu kernel PPA, not the one directly from kernel.org (as I mentioned in an earlier post, I can not compile the kernel on this computer). I tried many many kernels in an attempt to isolate

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-25 Thread Doug Smythies
** Attachment added: sudo lspci -vnvn lspci-vnvn.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1254920/+attachment/3917141/+files/lspci-vnvn.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-25 Thread Doug Smythies
** Attachment added: kernel config differences between saucy and trusty https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1254920/+attachment/3917140/+files/diff_config_saucy_trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-25 Thread Doug Smythies
To clarify, I am suggesting that the reported numbers are incorrect, not that there is some strange new loads going on. I did many tests with disk I/O and CPU loading and such to determine if there were any real increased overheads. Maybe a couple of percent of CPU OS increased overhead and a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1254920] Re: CPU utilization / accounting issues

2013-11-25 Thread Doug Smythies
apport-collect has never worked for me on server computers. I end up in some mess with my putty SSH connection and have never been able to figure it out. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-11-08 Thread Doug Smythies
This one can be set to Fix released. Does anyone disagree? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215665 Title: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes Status

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1233479] Re: ondemand cpufreq governor does not scale CPU freq on Sandybridge

2013-10-01 Thread Doug Smythies
Please know when using the acpi-cpufreq driver what is shown in various places for CPU frequency can be wrong. The only way to know the actual CPU frequencies is via turbostat, as you are doing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1233479] Re: ondemand cpufreq governor does not scale CPU freq on Sandybridge

2013-10-01 Thread Doug Smythies
By the way, ondemand mode using the acpi-cpufreq driver is working fine on my computer with a 3.11 kernel. doug@s15:~/temp$ uname -a Linux s15 3.11.2-031102-generic #201309262136 SMP Fri Sep 27 01:37:33 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux doug@s15:~/temp$ cat

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1233479] Re: ondemand cpufreq governor does not scale CPU freq on Sandybridge

2013-10-01 Thread Doug Smythies
All active cores share the same frequency. This is one of the misleading things about the acpi-cpufreq driver, it tends to show target frequencies not actual frequencies. See also the Intel 2nd gen core desktop vol 1 datasheet - Chapter 4 Power Management - Section 4.2 Processor Core Power

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] [NEW] With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
Public bug reported: I often run the current release candidate (RC) on a 12.04 server computer. When compiling any non-english PDF version of the Ubuntu server guide, one of the programs crashes (and creates a log, which I will attach shortly, but summary below). While it has been a very long

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
One of the crash log files. ** Attachment added: One of the crash log files https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1215665/+attachment/3783402/+files/hs_err_pid3025.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
** Attachment added: sudo lspci -vnvn lspci.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1215665/+attachment/3783403/+files/lspci.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
apport-collect has never worked for me. Right now, and after entering apport-collect 1215665 I have some weird stuff on my puTTY session screen and I can not seem to find any way to either log in to launchpad from there or exit. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
I am well aware of what you wrote. I was simply trying to help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215665 Title: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1215665] Re: With Kernel 3.11RC6 Ubuntu servguide PDF compile crashes

2013-08-22 Thread Doug Smythies
This issue occurs also with Kernels 3.10.8 and 3.10.9, but not 3.10.7. I was not looking for support with this bug report, I was wanting to make developers aware that something has gone wrong in just the last few days. In my opinion, I can not file a bug at bugzilla because: I do not know the

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