Re: Kernel's Buffer Cache Performance?

2007-12-10 Thread Xiangfei Jia
Hi Mulyadi, You are quite right. There are many things which can affect the tests. I think the most import two factors are (1) how files are accessed, e.g. sequentially or randomly, (2) which buffer cache and readahead algorithms are used. I've read Fengguang Wu's work some where. Basically reada

Re: Kernel's Buffer Cache Performance?

2007-12-10 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi... > However for my testings, the performances are about the same regardless if > the system has more memory (larger than the file size) or not. I can't quite > understand this. Can anyone help me with this? I'm using kernel 2.6.18. It will be a quite long answer if you need details. In essence

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Kernel's Buffer Cache Performance?

2007-12-10 Thread Xiangfei Jia
Hi, I have been doing a testing to see how Linux buffer cache and readahead algorithms perform for reading a file from a disk. My assumption is that: (1) when the file size is less than the available physical memory, buffer cache and readahead can give better performance even though extra sectors

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Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Le Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:16:46 +0530, Pradeep Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > So may be best way left is to compile a new kernel in that case, no? No, if you simply want to develop external modules, the best/simplest way is to install your distro kernel development package. For example, unde

Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Erik Mouw
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:48:21PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Le Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:05:52 +0530, > "amol verule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > hi aravind > > /lib/modules/kernel_version/build is a softlink to source code of > > kernel.. create softlink to kernel source ...then try onc

Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Pradeep Singh
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:48:21 +0100 Thomas Petazzoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:05:52 +0530, > "amol verule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > hi aravind > > /lib/modules/kernel_version/build is a softlink to source code of > > kernel.. create softlink to kernel source .

Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Le Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:05:52 +0530, "amol verule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > hi aravind > /lib/modules/kernel_version/build is a softlink to source code of > kernel.. create softlink to kernel source ...then try once again No, the symlink should already exists. If it doesn't, then your kerne

Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Erik Mouw
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 05:02:26PM +0530, Thippeswamy, Aravind wrote: > I am facing problems while I try to compile a simple "Hello > World" Kernel module. I am using RHEL 5 (2.6.12.x kernel). > > This is the program that I am trying to compile. > > /*

Re: Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread amol verule
hi aravind /lib/modules/kernel_version/build is a softlink to source code of kernel.. create softlink to kernel source ...then try once again regards amol On Dec 10, 2007 5:02 PM, Thippeswamy, Aravind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am facing problems while I try to compil

Re: dma fails in re-insmod

2007-12-10 Thread Sumudu Nishantha
Hi thomas, >It can be a driver problem, but as you haven't posted your code source, >nobody is able to tell. Are you doing the correct things at module >exit ? These are some parts of my code. within probe funcion -

Is there a different process fofr building kernel modules for RHEL5 or FC 7?

2007-12-10 Thread Thippeswamy, Aravind
Hi, I am facing problems while I try to compile a simple "Hello World" Kernel module. I am using RHEL 5 (2.6.12.x kernel). This is the program that I am trying to compile. /* Hello World Kernel Module */ #define

RE: disabling partition scanning for one device

2007-12-10 Thread Thippeswamy, Aravind
Hi, I am facing problems while I try to compile a simple "Hello World" Kernel module. I am using RHEL 5 (2.6.12.x kernel). This is the program that I am trying to compile. /* Hello World Kernel Module */ #define MODULE #defi