On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 22:37 +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: > > i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very > > limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's > > core purpose, being a high performance nas device in a gbit lan. even my > > slug seems to have a better disk performance. > > i know i could go back to thecus firmware if that's my main concern, > > but, you know, that's not an option either for obvious reasons. :-) > > Still no progress, but I just made 2.6.25 kernels available with the > DMA patches applied. This kernel is largely untested, but it includes > the same patch from Dan Williams that I tested before and that seems > to work. > > Any feedback is welcome. Use at your own risk. > > http://merkel.debian.org/~tbm/tmp/n2100/dma/
I've been using this kernel for some time on my N2100 now, and the improvement in disk IO performance is substantial. I'd love to see this merged into lenny's kernel but I realise I should have sent this email a few weeks ago for that to be in any way possible... Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://burtonini.com
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