On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:32:51 +0200 Robert Lemmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On my dialup connection 'trickle' devours about 50% of the CPU. > > (800mhz Pentium III, 512K RAM). When I use 'cpulimit' to slow > > 'trickle' down to 10% of the CPU, 'trickle' still works fine. > > Therefore 'trickle' doesn't require as much CPU as it uses... at > > least not on a dialup. > i can't reproduce this and need more information: what program did you > try to throttel? 'trickle -d 2 apt-get'. I believe 'apt-get' does standard http or ftp downloads. > did you also try others? Not as tests for this bug, but lets see... 'trickle -d 3 gtk-gnutella' with about 3/bytes in and 100 bytes out average, (according to its own meters), idling so to speak, doesn't seem to cause 'trickle' to get hungry for CPUs. Once 'gtk-gnutella' starts to download something, 'trickle' has no effect on the download (it's a continuous 5K), but the CPU shoots up to 80%+. I closed 'trickle -d 3 gtk-gnutella', with a <Ctrl-C> since it was kept to busy doing stuff to even redraw the screen. Then I restarted 'gtk-gnutella' without 'trickle', then the massive CPU usage ceased, and the program stayed below 10% as is usual. If you have suggestions for other tests, I'll run 'em... > what kind of line is that? > how fast? Well the subject line and message both had the word "dialup"; but if that wasn't specific enough, on my system it means a 56K external v.92 modem, which with my ISP usually goes about 5K per second. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
