On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 02:16:14PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Well I am trying to apply the workaround from a 2.4.x patch I found into > the 2.6.18 etch kernel and rebuild that (building as I write this). > Other than being slow in PIO mode the system is now quite stable (unlike > with DMA enabled which caused the HD to vanish as soon as a write > crossed the page boundary (so partition table write no problem, mkfs > big problem). > > Since only writes are affected, reads will still be full normal DMA > speed, and only writes that cross a page boundary will be affected, so > hopefully very minor performance impact if it works.
Ehm, how long does it take a 433MHz 21164 to compile the 2.6.18 kernel in Etch anyhow? It has been at it for probably 12 hours by now, and it isn't swapping. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
