bugreport : system unacceptably slow.
Hi,
Every once in a while, my system gets unbelievable slow. So slow that I almost can't do anything anymore. This happens only once in a few months. I think it has to do with sound, because when I start using sound, it happens. "top" gives me then about 90% idle time, and "top" is using this 10% then. This already happens quite a while. I already had this with a 2.2.x kernel and I just had it with the 2.4.2 kernel. Could you tell me what I can do to give you more information ? Do you think it could be in this module ?
I use the es1370 driver as a loadable module that gets loaded when asked for it.
I always use standard distribution installation. Now I have RH7.1
With kind regards,
Edwin.
info :
[root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 4).
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe3ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 4).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 3).
IRQ 9.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=80.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde800000 [0xde800fff].
Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin
IV] (rev 195).
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 1).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd83f].
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Winbond Electronics Corp W89C940 (rev 11).
IRQ 7.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip
Pass 3] (rev 33).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd07f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde000000 [0xde00007f].
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev
35).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb8ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd800000 [0xdd8000ff].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev 193).
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb40f].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04] (rev 4).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf000000 [0xdfffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000 [0xe7ffffff].[root@CC90001-A /root]# lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M1541 Aladdin V/V+ AGP
System Controller
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=28 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: df000000-dfffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e6f00000-e7ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (20000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: Memory at de800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]00:03.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU
Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M7101 Power Management
Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] (rev c3)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 4942:4c4c
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (3000ns min, 32000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=64]00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Winbond Electronics Corp W89C940 (rev 0b)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7
Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=32K]
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 21)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=256K]00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev 23)
Subsystem: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 8100S
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 16000ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at dd800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mAPME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0f.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c1) (prog-if
8a [Master SecP PriP])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (500ns min, 1000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
Region 4: I/O ports at b400 [size=16]01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems Viper V550
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at df000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
Expansion ROM at e6ff0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
[root@CC90001-A /root]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
es1370 24896 0 (autoclean) soundcore 4432 4 (autoclean) [es1370] ov511 38768 0 videodev 4896 1 [ov511] autofs 11136 1 (autoclean) ne2k-pci 4864 1 (autoclean) 8390 6752 0 (autoclean) [ne2k-pci] tulip 38096 1 (autoclean) ipchains 38944 0 (unused) nls_iso8859-1 2880 2 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4384 2 (autoclean) vfat 9168 2 (autoclean) fat 32832 0 (autoclean) [vfat] usb-ohci 17264 0 (unused) usbcore 49632 1 [ov511 usb-ohci] ncr53c8xx 58000 0 (unused) sd_mod 11808 0 (unused) scsi_mod 94304 2 [ncr53c8xx sd_mod]
[root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.2-2 ([email protected]) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-79)) #1 Sun Apr 8 19:37:14 EDT 2001
[edwin@CC90001-A linux]$ sh scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
Linux CC90001-A 2.4.2-2 #1 Sun Apr 8 19:37:14 EDT 2001 i586 unknown
Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.10.91.0.2 util-linux 2.10s mount 2.10r modutils 2.4.2 e2fsprogs 1.19 Linux C Library 2.2.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.57 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded es1370 soundcore ov511 videodev autofs ne2k-pci 8390
tulip ipchains nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 vfat fat usb-ohci usbcore ncr53c8xx sd_mod scsi_mod
[root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 8
model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 350.810
cache size : 64 KBfdiv_bug : nohlt_bug : nof00f_bug : nocoma_bug : no
fpu : yesfpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr
bogomips : 699.59
[root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
5c20-5c3f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU b400-b40f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE
b400-b407 : ide0
b408-b40f : ide1
b800-b8ff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810
b800-b87f : ncr53c8xx
d000-d07f : Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3]
d000-d07f : eth0
d400-d41f : Winbond Electronics Corp W89C940
d400-d41f : ne2k-pci
d800-d83f : Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
d800-d83f : es1370