Re: *massive* slowdowns on 2.4.1-pre1[1|2]

[Linus Torvalds]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Mark Hahn  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Kernel 2.4.1-pre11 and pre12 are both massively slower than 2.4.0 on the
>> same machine, compiled with the same options.  The machine is a Athlon
>> 900 on a KT133 chipset.  The slowdown is noticealbe in all areas...
>
>this is known: Linus decreed that, since two people reported 
>disk corruption on VIA, any machine with a VIA southbridge
>must boot in stupid 1992 mode (PIO).  (yes, it might be possible
>to boot with ide=autodma or something, but who would guess?)
>
>Linus: I hope you don't consider this a releasable state!
>VIA now owns 40% of the chipset market...

So find somebody who can figure out why the corruption happens, and I'll
be really happy with a patch that fixes it. In the meantime,
"releaseable" very much means that we did _everything_ possible to make
sure that people don't screw their disks over.

You have to realize that stability takes precedence over EVERYTHING. 

		Linus