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Re: improving ssh2 performance on SPARCv8/SPARCv9 systems



> er, please tell us how.  To date i (and several others on this list) have
> had major hassles getting 2.4.x running on non ultra sparcs.

Really?  While I had some annoyances with the 2.2.19-sun4cdm from the
potato install media, once I bludgeoned it up to 2.4.17 it was fine.
/boot/config-2.4.17 is appended.  It's running openafs (client and
server), a krb5 kdc, apache, zephyr, postfix... basically everything
interesting for a private domain.  Oh, and 3 of the partitions are
ext3. 

I'm not running a head+keyboard, it's purely a box-on-the-shelf with a
serial console.  The other machine I mentioned (the ss10) had a
monitor and keyboard for a while, though, and an XFree-sun server...


$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
cpu             : Fujitsu  MB86904
fpu             : Lsi Logic/Meiko L64804 or compatible
promlib         : Version 3 Revision 2
prom            : 2.15
type            : sun4m
ncpus probed    : 1
ncpus active    : 1
BogoMips        : 69.63
MMU type        : Fujitsu Swift
contexts        : 256
nocache total   : 1048576
nocache used    : 394752

$ cat /boot/config-2.4.17 
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_SPARC32=y
# CONFIG_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_SBUS=y
CONFIG_SBUSCHAR=y
CONFIG_BUSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_SUN_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SUN_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SUN_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_SUN_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SUN_AUXIO=y
CONFIG_SUN_IO=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
# CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM is not set
# CONFIG_SUN4 is not set
# CONFIG_PCI is not set
CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS=m
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_SUNOS_EMUL=y

#
# Parallel port support
#
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set

#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_PROM_CONSOLE=y

#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_SBUS=y
CONFIG_FB_CGSIX=y
CONFIG_FB_BWTWO=y
CONFIG_FB_CGTHREE=y
# CONFIG_FB_TCX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CGFOURTEEN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_P9100 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_LEO is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY=y
CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Misc Linux/SPARC drivers
#
CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMIO=m
CONFIG_SUN_MOSTEK_RTC=y
# CONFIG_SUN_BPP is not set
# CONFIG_SUN_VIDEOPIX is not set
# CONFIG_SUN_AURORA is not set
# CONFIG_TADPOLE_TS102_UCTRL is not set
# CONFIG_SUN_JSFLASH is not set

#
# Linux/SPARC audio subsystem (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO=m
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_AMD7930=m
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_DBRI=m
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_CS4231=m
# CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_DUMMY is not set

#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m
CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=m
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST=y
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y
CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V1=y
CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V2=y
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y

#
#   IP: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPFWADM=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IPV6=m

#
#   IPv6: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_KHTTPD=m
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=m

#
#  
#
CONFIG_IPX=m
# CONFIG_IPX_INTERN is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
CONFIG_BRIDGE=m
CONFIG_X25=m
CONFIG_LAPB=m
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
CONFIG_NET_DIVERT=y
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER=m
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CBQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CSZ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_PRIO=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_RED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TEQL=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TBF=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_GRED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_DSMARK=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS=m
CONFIG_NET_QOS=y
CONFIG_NET_ESTIMATOR=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_TCINDEX=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_FW=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP6=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_POLICE=y
# CONFIG_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CDrom)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=4
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
CONFIG_SCSI_SUNESP=y
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGICPTI=m

#
# Fibre Channel support
#
# CONFIG_FC4 is not set
# CONFIG_FC4_SOC is not set
# CONFIG_FC4_SOCAL is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PLUTO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FCAL is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_BONDING=m
CONFIG_TUN=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=m
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y
CONFIG_SUNLANCE=m
CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL=m
CONFIG_SUNBMAC=m
CONFIG_SUNQE=m
CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS=m

#
# Unix98 PTY support
#
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=m
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO=y
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set
CONFIG_AFFS_FS=m
CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_EFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_VXFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS=m
CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW=y
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_RW=y
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE=y

#
# Network File Systems
#
CONFIG_CODA_FS=m
CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437"
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING=y
# CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS=y
# CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_FS_INFLATE=m

#
# Partition Types
#
CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
# CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION=y
# CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION=y
CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_LDM_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m

#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set

#
# Watchdog
#
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m

#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y



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