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17 May 2022 20:26 - 17 May 2022 20:27 #243200 by ftree
Replied by ftree on topic RPI4 - Debian / LinuxCNC / EtherCAT / XFCE
rod, you should be able to mount the boot partition (FAT) and edit cmdline.txt and add isolcpus=2,3 to the end.  I don't think any recompile of the kernel is needed.
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17 May 2022 20:59 #243201 by rodw
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rod, you should be able to mount the boot partition (FAT) and edit cmdline.txt and add isolcpus=2,3 to the end.  I don't think any recompile of the kernel is needed.

Thanks for reminding me what I did! I had forgotten....

try running
latency-histogram --nobase --sbins 1000
before and after that change and see if you get an improvement. I'll do likewise. on x86 its a basic part of a lcnc install.

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17 May 2022 21:07 #243202 by ftree
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in fact i thought thougt i'd set this at first boot!

github.com/djsftree/rpi-img-builder/comm...0ddea94cbc22a5bddR33

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17 May 2022 21:25 #243204 by ftree
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You can check for core isolation by

sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/isolated

the dev of the rpi-builder also have a neat tools to alter the governor / cpu speed

governor -h

-c Conservative
-o Ondemand
-p Performance

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17 May 2022 21:51 #243206 by ftree
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with isolcpus=3 and five glxgears.

+/- 60us, sd=6us

 
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17 May 2022 22:00 #243207 by rodw
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Looks great. Better than my production machines :)

Unfortunately, envolato's wheel is not compatable on our platform so it look like we need to compile vtk
cnc@bcm2711:~/Downloads$ sudo python3 -m pip install ./vtk-9.1.20220512.dev0-cp39-cp39-linux_aarch64.whl
ERROR: vtk-9.1.20220512.dev0-cp39-cp39-linux_aarch64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.
cnc@bcm2711:~/Downloads$ 
 

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17 May 2022 22:18 - 17 May 2022 22:25 #243210 by ftree
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isolcpus=2,3 with 10 glx gears

cpu and ram speeds set to an integer 2:1  - might reduce any fractional clocking harmonics or jitter! ;-) kidding.

arm_freq=800
sdram_freq=400
core_freq=400
gpu_freq=300

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17 May 2022 22:34 #243214 by rodw
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yeh, I thought 2,3 was better but it got up there. leaving it for the day while I go to work.

also need to install xfce4-screenshooter to enable the printscreen button.
So I can save my results.

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18 May 2022 00:14 #243230 by ftree
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I've left overnight 10 glx gears and two windows of 1080p YT vids going.

I need heavy rain after today!

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18 May 2022 02:04 #243239 by rodw
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Heavy rain is all we've heard for months! Sick of it!

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