Hi, I have upgraded to xfree 4.4 (also latest sis_drv.o) and it doesn't help (at least in noticeable way) - cpu is still high, xvtest gives around 220 FPS I'm attaching log and kindly ask for any idea, help or advice how to solve this. Are there any tools to properly track this problem inside xv ? Thanks in advance, regards, Robert Rozman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Rozman" <rozman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Asus Pundit (sis 651) : High CPU usage in xv ? > Hi, > > I'm still fighting with high cpu usage in xv extension whem playing media > files (xine, mplayer, vlc) under Suse 9.0 , xfree 4.3.0-29 and sis 651 with > latest sis drivers. > > All log outputs seems fine, just xvtest is at low 200 FPS and cpu is hig > (30-50%) when playing video that does rescaling. > > Are there any utities to check what is going on in xv extension (xine-check > reports all fine) ? > What should I try to find solution ? > > I'm attaching xvinfo (all other relevant logs are attached to my previous > posts) if anything suspicious is in there ? > > PS.: system performance was OKsome time ago, then did some upgrades and now > it won't perform as needed - so I guess there is someking of settings > problem... > > I kindly ask for any advice, help, cause this is too hard for me as newbie. > > Thanks for any help in advance, > > regards, > > Robert. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Rozman" <rozman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: Asus Pundit (sis 651) : High CPU usage for X in > mplayer - are these values sane ? > > > > Hi, > > > > I've tried reduceing memory to 32M in bios. > > > > That particular warning goes away, but high cpu problem persists. > > > > Short answers: > > > > cat /proc/mtrr > > > > > reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 512MB: write-back, count=1 > > > > reg01: base=0x1c000000 ( 448MB), size= 64MB: uncachable, count=1 > > > > reg02: base=0xdc000000 (3520MB), size= 64MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > reg03: base=0xe8000000 (3712MB), size= 32MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > reg04: base=0xe1400000 (3604MB), size= 4MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > > > Is that from before or after starting X? > > > > > After starting X. > > > > > Do you have a console framebuffer driver running? > > > > > > > Probably is running from bootsplash feature integrated in Suse 9.0 > > > > > > (WW) SIS(0): Failed to set up write-combining range > > > (0xe8000000,0x4000000) > > > > > > The reason for your problem is that, for some reason, MTRR setup fails, > > > although it obviously is supported by your kernel. At the moment I > > > cannot think of a reason for this. > > > > > > Does this warning message go away if you change the amount of video RAM > > > to, say, 32MB in the BIOS setup? > > > > Yes, it goes away. > > > > > > > > (BTW: Why do you set "forcecrt1" to "false" when it appears that you > > > neither have a TV, LCD or secondary VGA connected?) > > There is note in example-config that one can override automatic detection > > with this one. I've commented it our, but no difference. > > > > I'm attaching new Xfree.log in case it helps. > > > > Thanks in advance for all help, > > > > Robert. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thomas Winischhofer" <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:12 AM > > Subject: Re: Asus Pundit (sis 651) : High CPU usage for X in > > mplayer - are these values sane ? > > > > > > > Robert Rozman wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm sending files requested to give proper help. Like I said it seems > > like > > > > Xv is not working (I get lower cpu if I set -vo x11 in mplayer). I > > suspect > > > > that software scaling is going on, but don't know what to do to > correct > > this > > > > ( I get CPU for X 40-50% and for mplayer or mythtv frontend about > 20%). > > I > > > > have Asus pundit, with P4 2.4 G. > > > > > > > > I'll appreciate any help, since this is the only major problem left... > > > > > > > > I have: > > > > > > > > uname -a -> Linux pundit 2.4.21-144-default #1 Fri Nov 14 00:01:36 UTC > > 2003 > > > > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > > > > > > > cat /proc/mtrr > > > > > reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 512MB: write-back, count=1 > > > > reg01: base=0x1c000000 ( 448MB), size= 64MB: uncachable, count=1 > > > > reg02: base=0xdc000000 (3520MB), size= 64MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > reg03: base=0xe8000000 (3712MB), size= 32MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > reg04: base=0xe1400000 (3604MB), size= 4MB: write-combining, count=1 > > > > > > Is that from before or after starting X? > > > > > > Do you have a console framebuffer driver running? > > > > > > > (WW) SIS(0): Failed to set up write-combining range > > > (0xe8000000,0x4000000) > > > > > > The reason for your problem is that, for some reason, MTRR setup fails, > > > although it obviously is supported by your kernel. At the moment I > > > cannot think of a reason for this. > > > > > > Does this warning message go away if you change the amount of video RAM > > > to, say, 32MB in the BIOS setup? > > > > > > (BTW: Why do you set "forcecrt1" to "false" when it appears that you > > > neither have a TV, LCD or secondary VGA connected?) > > > > > > Thomas > > > > > > -- > > > Thomas Winischhofer > > > Vienna/Austria > > > thomas AT winischhofer DOT net http://www.winischhofer.net/ > > > twini AT xfree86 DOT org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > XFree86 mailing list > > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > >
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