On Wednesday 14 January 2004 10:03 am, Lou Losee wrote:
> * Dennis Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-14 12:48]:
>
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>
> > The problem is the CPU load when idle it runs between 5-30 %
> > As soon as I start an application it goes up to 100% and stays there till
> > the application is done loading. Loading an application like Kmail takes
> > about 2 to 3 minutes.
>
> What is using the cpu? top should tell you.
>
> What is the output of hdparm -Ttv /dev/your-drive ?
>
> Run it against both drives on the slow system. Just for grins you might
> also run it on the system that seems ok to compare the two. Perhaps you
> are running without dma?
>
> Lou
Sure thing dma was off, I turned it on on both drives. The output is below.
It is still slow, don't really see any change in speed. Below is also the
output of "top".
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/dev/hda:
�multcount � �= 16 (on)
�IO_support � = �1 (32-bit)
�unmaskirq � �= �1 (on)
�using_dma � �= �1 (on)
�keepsettings = �0 (off)
�readonly � � = �0 (off)
�readahead � �= �8 (on)
�geometry � � = 2498/255/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0
�Timing buffer-cache reads: � 172 MB in �2.00 seconds = �86.00 MB/sec
�Timing buffered disk reads: � 72 MB in �3.05 seconds = �23.61 MB/sec
bash-2.05b# hdparm -Ttv /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
�multcount � �= 16 (on)
�IO_support � = �1 (32-bit)
�unmaskirq � �= �1 (on)
�using_dma � �= �1 (on)
�keepsettings = �0 (off)
�readonly � � = �0 (off)
�readahead � �= �8 (on)
�geometry � � = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0
�Timing buffer-cache reads: � 100 MB in �2.06 seconds = �48.54 MB/sec
�Timing buffered disk reads: � 88 MB in �3.02 seconds = �29.14 MB/sec
�PID USER � � �� PR �NI �VIRT �RES �SHR S %CPU %MEM � �TIME+ �COMMAND
� 704 root � � ���������18 � 0 �1020 1020 �820 R 26.2 �0.1 � 0:09.94 top
� 503 root � � ���������9 � 0 15468 �15m �13m S �3.8 �1.5 � 2:23.76 kdeinit
� 566 root � � � �������9 � 0 14360 �14m �12m S �3.1 �1.4 � 0:35.08 kdeinit
� 507 root � � ���������10 � 0 11804 �11m �10m S �2.9 �1.2 � 0:37.31 kdeinit
� 355 root � � � �������5 -10 19948 �11m 1788 S �2.7 �1.1 � 2:30.65 XFree86
� 661 root � � � �������9 � 0 18872 �18m �15m S �1.1 �1.8 � 0:22.56 kmail
� 475 root � � � �������9 � 0 �6176 6172 4720 S �0.7 �0.6 � 0:24.50 artsd
� � 1 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 492 �492 �440 S �0.2 �0.0 � 0:05.36 init
� 117 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.2 �0.0 � 0:01.35 kjournald
� 251 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 608 �608 �516 S �0.2 �0.1 � 0:00.60 syslogd
� 462 root � � � �������9 � 0 11184 �10m �10m S �0.2 �1.1 � 0:08.46 kdeinit
� � 2 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 keventd
� � 3 root � � ���������19 �19 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.11
ksoftirqd_CPU0
� � 4 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 kswapd
� � 5 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 bdflush
� � 6 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.91 kupdated
� � 7 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.09 pagebufd
� � 8 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 xfslogd/0
� � 9 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 xfsdatad/0
� �10 root � � ���������-1 -20 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00
mdrecoveryd
� �11 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:04.10 kjournald
� �79 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 khubd
� �86 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.27 kapmd
� 115 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.01 kjournald
� 116 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:01.21 kjournald
� 182 daemon����9 � 0 � 600 �600 �508 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.07 portmap
� 254 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 552 �552 �468 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.93 klogd
� 272 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1488 1488 1148 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.78 cupsd
� 301 mail � � � �������8 � 0 �1328 1324 1116 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.03 exim3
� 306 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1704 1704 1120 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:05.13 famd
� 311 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 520 �520 �464 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.29 inetd
� 317 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1092 1092 �952 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.31 lisa
� 336 root � � � �������9 � 0 �2144 2144 1356 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:01.67 nmbd
� 338 root � � � �������9 � 0 �2508 2508 1632 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:00.04 smbd
� 344 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1428 1428 1200 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.29 sshd
� 348 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 712 �712 �600 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.27 cron
� 353 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 696 �696 �624 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.05 kdm
� 356 root � � � �������8 � 0 �1468 1468 1092 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.21 kdm
� 376 root � � � �������8 � 0 �1960 1960 1168 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:37.03 bash
� 377 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 472 �472 �420 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 getty
� 378 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 472 �472 �420 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 getty
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