Hello, I just switched to 2.4.1 from 2.2.18 and have the kernel set up in generally the same manner in terms of functionality. I've found that VFAT access is incredibly slow in directories with a large number of files. I have a single directory with approximately 1500 items, all 3-5MB apiece, and if I do 'ls -alt dir/ |more' on that directory, it takes a full 2 seconds do list the contents of the first page. If I do so again immediately afterwards it displays immediately, but the same effects occur if I wait any considerable amount of time (> 2 minutes). I've experienced no such problems under 2.2.18, and I'm running a 20GB Maxtor drive running at UDMA(33) without any known issues. Any ideas? Brian J. Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
