flash and firefox again

[Todd Denniston]

Frank Cox wrote, On 10/20/2008 10:50 PM:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:10:57 -0500
> Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I didn't find anything helpful with a quick Google search for "flash 10
>> multitheaded" but maybe it is an issue with multi-core machines? 
> 
> That's a thought.  I have never been able to watch CNN videos on this dual-core
> machine, even with Flash 10, but they work on the single-core machine that's
> sitting beside it.  Both running F8.
> 


have you considered/ever tried forcing flash &| the browser &| X processes to 
operate only on one processor (core) with taskset, just to see if it may be a 
context switching/processor cache bashing problem?


I have noticed on the dual Xeon 1.50GHz W/512MB I use, that if I lock X to the 
second processor, when visiting animated sites like
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?animate=true
The whole system is smother and the animation is less glitchy.
[with out locking X pulls ~85%cpu (of combined cpus),
   with locking X pulls ~10-50%cpu (of combined cpus), on that page after it 
self reloads.]

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter