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Ex Member Ex Member	Sep 30^th, 2008 at 2:56pm my x3 cpu usage always rises. i know from my ex-3100 it should always reside in the 1-10% zone. when should i start to worry?
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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #1 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 1:59am You are one of few using the new iDirect S2 modem. I dont have anything to contribute as I lack experience with that modem, but I am certainly following along with your posts.
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Reply #2 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 8:36am

this is what its showing now with hardly any traffic going in or out.

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[RMT:6666] admin@telnet:::ffff:127.0.0.1;1024
> cpu
CPU Load : 7%

[RMT:6666] admin@telnet:::ffff:127.0.0.1;1024
> ps
�PID �Uid � � VmSize Stat Command
� �1 root � � � �508 S � init [2]
� �2 root � � � � � �SW �[keventd]
� �3 root � � � � � �SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
� �4 root � � � � � �SW �[kswapd]
� �5 root � � � � � �SW �[bdflush]
� �6 root � � � � � �SW �[kupdated]
� �8 root � � � � � �SW �[mtdblockd]
� 42 root � � � � � �SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd2]
� 61 root � � � � � �DW �[ixp425_csr]
� 63 root � � � � � �SW �[ixp425 ixp0]
� 65 root � � � � � �SW �[ixp425 ixp1]
�216 root � � � �564 S � /sbin/syslogd -m 0
�219 root � � � �544 S � /sbin/klogd
�240 root � � � 1408 S � /usr/sbin/sshd
�365 root � � �16832 S � /usr/sbin/falcon
�371 root � � �16832 S � /usr/sbin/falcon
�372 root � � �16832 S � /usr/sbin/falcon
�373 root � � � �936 S � /usr/sbin/falcon_monitor
�381 root � � � �308 S � /bin/ptylogin
�382 root � � � �720 S � -ash
�383 root � � � �304 S � /bin/ptylogin
�390 root � � � �632 S � telnet 0
�391 root � � � �648 R � /bin/ps

[RMT:6666] admin@telnet:::ffff:127.0.0.1;1024

start doing a bit of browsing and you'll see cpu report 30% usage almost immediately!

I think it has to do with the fact that i am using a 240 subnet because i had a similar incident with a 3100 in the past and we resolved it by assigning a public ip ...

on a side note if run the "top" command logged in as root through console i can see that falcon consumes 16M of memory and near almost all the cpu.

iDirect really should take part in optimizing the falcon code.

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Mem: 36340K used, 26304K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 12048K cached
Load average: 1.18, 1.06, 1.01 � �(State: S=sleeping R=running, W=waiting)

�PID USER � � STATUS � RSS �PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND
�365 root � � R � � � �16M � � 1 �8.7 26.8 falcon
�392 root � � R � � � �712 � 382 �1.9 �1.1 busybox
�371 root � � S � � � �16M � 365 �0.0 26.8 falcon
�372 root � � S � � � �16M � 371 �0.0 26.8 falcon
�240 root � � S � � � 1408 � � 1 �0.0 �2.2 sshd
�373 root � � S � � � �936 � � 1 �0.0 �1.4 falcon_monitor
�382 root � � S � � � �720 � 381 �0.0 �1.1 ash
�216 root � � S � � � �564 � � 1 �0.0 �0.9 syslogd
�219 root � � S � � � �544 � � 1 �0.0 �0.8 klogd
� �1 root � � S � � � �508 � � 0 �0.0 �0.8 init
�381 root � � S � � � �308 � � 1 �0.0 �0.4 ptylogin
�383 root � � S � � � �304 � 381 �0.0 �0.4 ptylogin
� �6 root � � SW � � � � 0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 kupdated
� �2 root � � SW � � � � 0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 keventd
� �3 root � � SWN � � � �0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 ksoftirqd_CPU0
� �4 root � � SW � � � � 0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 kswapd
� �5 root � � SW � � � � 0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 bdflush
� �8 root � � SW � � � � 0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 mtdblockd
� 42 root � � SWN � � � �0 � � 1 �0.0 �0.0 jffs2_gcd_mtd2

i am also dying to find out why falcon is running in three instances. (365, 371, 372) each consuming 16M of memory (totaling 48M).
The whole modem only has 64 so they're nearly chocking it!!!
then you get a piece of junk xscale arm processory running at ONLY 266Mhz!
wow! talk about cheap!!!!!

I wonder if i can overclock this thing.... hmm...

Processor : XScale-IXP4xx/IXC11xx rev 2 (v5b)
BogoMIPS    : 266.24
Features    : swp half thumb fastmult edsp

Hardware    : iDirect Phoenix Platform
Revision    : 0000
Serial    : 0000000000000000

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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #3 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 10:14am Currently i am going to configure a large batch. Therefore i shall post my findings. Have you kill the extra X 2 PID falcon. If so what happened ? Have you loaded iperf ? Do you get the same type of mem usage ? Is it http traffic only ?
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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #4 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 11:00am no i have not killed the extra 2. i will kill them later today and will update my findings. by the way this is 9.0.0.5 i have not used iperf yet. will also do that later.
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Reply #5 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 7:54pm

ok i killed the other two

now top only shows 1 running and the system seems to be ok.

Mem: 36532K used, 26112K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 12048K cached
Load average: 1.02, 1.02, 1.00 (State: S=sleeping R=running, W=waiting)

PID USER    STATUS RSS PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND
365 root    R    16M    1 11.1 26.9 falcon
401 root    R    760 382 0.5 1.2 busybox
240 root    S 1408    1 0.0 2.2 sshd
373 root    S    936    1 0.0 1.4 falcon_monitor
382 root    S    824 381 0.0 1.3 ash
216 root    S    564    1 0.0 0.9 syslogd
219 root    S    544    1 0.0 0.8 klogd
1 root    S    508    0 0.0 0.8 init
381 root    S    308    1 0.0 0.4 ptylogin
383 root    S    304 381 0.0 0.4 ptylogin
6 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 kupdated
2 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 keventd
3 root    SWN    0    1 0.0 0.0 ksoftirqd_CPU0
4 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 kswapd
5 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 bdflush
8 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 mtdblockd
42 root    SWN    0    1 0.0 0.0 jffs2_gcd_mtd2
61 root    DW    0    1 0.0 0.0 ixp425_csr
63 root    SW    0    1 0.0 0.0 ixp425 ixp0

i am not too familiar on using iperf. can you advise on how to set it up for this purpose?
thx

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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #6 - Oct 2^nd, 2008 at 3:44am I have never used iperf either. I prefer IXChariot. Still interested in any feedback from anyone who knows how to set it up and is fluent in using it. (iperf)
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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #7 - Oct 2^nd, 2008 at 2:56pm well in order for iperf to work you'd have to have an iperf on the terminal but there isnt any. i searched the modem bin directories and found no iperf. whoever did it either had a iperf binary for the unit or had an image that came with iperf.
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Scout Senior Member ★★★ Offline Posts: 86	Reply #8 - Oct 2^nd, 2008 at 5:12pm If you have a support contract with iDirect, they may be able to supply you with a version of iperf called iperf.infiniti it is recommended that this is not used in standard set up as it increases the CPU load. So they may ask you why you want it. I believe it is really for the guys there to test and run on courses etc.
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Scout Senior Member ★★★ Offline Posts: 86	Reply #9 - Oct 2^nd, 2008 at 5:16pm and it will run on the X3 also BTW
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Ex Member Ex Member	Reply #10 - Oct 2^nd, 2008 at 8:49pm ya i know it'll run on x3. the ONLY difference X3 has is the dvbs2 component. oh and the board is now smaller whereas in the 3100 the whole case filled the board. now the x3 has a smaller board but the casing is the same size as the 3100. i am looking for an arm compiled iperf binary. i may end up compiling one myself.
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Reply #11 - Oct 4^th, 2008 at 9:22am

cylent,
The question you had about the CPU utilization during browsing and using the top command is normal, as I can see from your screen shot the CPU usage is low.
Secondly the extra 2 falcon process�s are threads of the parent (first)falcon process, and not using 16M each, all 3 are consuming 16M, this can be verified by using the free command.

Good Luck.

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