[mythtv-users] mythbackend stability on SMP systems

Alan Marchiori alan at alanmarian.com
Thu Aug 6 22:41:08 UTC 2009


On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:11 PM, David Engel<david at istwok.net> wrote:
> A few years ago, I had to disable hyperthreading on my P4-based
> production backend to keep mythbackend from segfaulting because of
> non-threadsafety in Qt.  I kept SMP disabled when I moved my
> production backend to an X2 system eariler this year since I wanted
> reliablity more than I needed the extra CPU power.
>
> I would now like to make use of that extra CPU power, so I'm curious
> how stable mythbackend, both 0.2 and trunk, is these days on SMP
> hardware.
>

I am using an amd x2 with mythbuntu (64bit) + vdpau.  Running
avenard's 0.21 fixes + vdpau has been super stable, as in I don't
think the backend has segfaulted in the past 6mo-1yr (since I built
this box).  Maybe once when I had a turner missconfigured....


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