Note that I'm still having the same problems, this time with ac10,
and I've still been completely unable to get anyone to tell me what
I'm either doing wrong, or is wrong with my programs/configuration.
Tim
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:22:24PM -0400, tm wrote:
> Hi. I will try to keep this as informative as possible, just in
> case I've missed something.
>
> First off, I've already searched all the kernel archives I could,
> google, I've looked around on IRC for help in four different networks,
> I've emailed the debian hwtools package maintainer (who misdirected me
> to use /dev/irq to do what I wanted to do), and the irqtune
> author (I have not yet recieved a reply), and come up with absolutely
> no way to get this to work.
>
> Problem: Irqtune is not working under any 2.4 kernel I've tried as it
> did in kernel 2.2.x, in fact it is not doing anything at all, despite
> the fact it says it's working fine. The symptoms of it not working are
> that whenever my hard disk writes, all serial and ethernet operations
> stop. As you can imagine, this generates quite a bit of packet loss,
> which is unacceptable, especially if I have to be writing/reading at the
> same time the modem is going.
>
> Description of my configuration:
> Kernel: 2.4.5-ac7
>
> irqtune: Debian unstable, using irqtune 0.6 from the hwtools package
>
> hdparm: version v3.9 from the debian unstable hwtools package
>
> Hardware: IBM PS/1 486 dx 50 with 16MB of ram, a add on ISA card
> which provides a 16550A uart for the external zoom 56K faxmodem, a
> NE2000 compatible ethernet card
>
> irqtune -e 7 10 output:
> irqtune: version is 0.6
> irqtune: kernel version 0.0.0
> probe: irqtune must be invoked via the full path -- OK
> probe: /sbin in $PATH -- YES
> probe: insmod found in $PATH (/sbin) -- OK
> probe: insmod simple execution -- OK
> probe: insmod has version (2.4.6) -- YES
> probe: rmmod found in insmod directory -- OK
> probe: insmod version supports command line options -- OK
> probe: insmod version (2.4.6) compatible with kernel version (0.0.0) --
> OK
> probe: insmod version should be 2.1.34 (or better) -- OK
> probe: insmod and kernel compatible with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS -- OK
> probe: irqtune_mod loading will be tried -- OK
> probe: kernel version irqtune built under (1.0.0) matches current system
> -- NO
> probe: kernel IRQ handling is compatible -- OK
> probe: kernel has module support (CONFIG_MODULES) -- OK
> probe: kernel has symbols -- OK
> probe: kernel is using versions (CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) -- NO
> probe: kernel symbols are checksummed (CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) -- NO
> probe: kernel has /proc/interrupts -- OK
> irqtune: setting system IRQ priority to 7/10
> irqtune: trying command -- insmod -x -o irqtune_mod -f
> /usr/lib/hwtools/irqtune_mod.o priority=7,10
> Warning: kernel-module version mismatch
> /usr/lib/hwtools/irqtune_mod.o was compiled for kernel version
> 1.0.0
> while this kernel is version 2.4.5-ac7
> irqtune: trying command -- rmmod irqtune_mod
> tblread: SYNTAX 'ERR: 0'
> I00/P01: 34152281 XT-PIC timer
> I01/P02: 2 XT-PIC keyboard
> I02/P03: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> I03/P11: 1 XT-PIC serial
> I07/P00: 5957335 XT-PIC serial
> I10/P03: 202481 XT-PIC NE2000
> I13/P06: 0 XT-PIC fpu
> I14/P07: 8104967 XT-PIC ide0
> I15/P08: 0 XT-PIC ide1
> irqtune: complete
>
> As you can imagine I'm slightly perturbed. I think the syntax error is
> OK, it's likely barfing on the new 'cpu 0' part of /proc/interrupts...
> However the misdetection of the kernel version is making we worry, as
> well as the fact that although it SAYS it has done something, in fact
> the problems I have been having since I upgraded to 2.4.x continue.
> (hard disk reads/writes cause all serial/eth0 operations to generate
> massive PL)
>
> hdparm /dev/hda output:
>
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 0 (off)
> keepsettings = 1 (on)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 4956/16/63, sectors = 4996476, start = 0
>
> As you can see, I've enabled unmaskirq, as it has been reported to help
> in my situation... It does in fact, although I wish I had a way to get
> irqtune working again. Note that DMA is NOT available on this old
> system, and I will actually go back to a 2.2.x kernel rather than spend
> money on a dma compatible controller if irqtune or another solution
> cannot be found.
>
> I will accept any ideas anyone has to offer. If irqtune is obsolete,
> please say so. If there is an in kernel solution PLEASE say so.
> (/dev/irq is used for smp systems. This is a single cpu system) If there
> is NO present solution, please tell me that too. :)
>
> I am quite willing to downgrade my system to kernel 2.2 if this can't be
> fixed somehow, kernel 2.2.x works just fine on my old 486, although
> kernel 2.4.x tends to simply do some things better. (It's VM, although
> some report it to do strange things, manages memory better in many cases
> on my 486 - less disk thrashing when it swaps things, runs obese perl
> scripts etc.) The fact I'd be missing out on reiserfs in the kernel
> makes me sad though, I really do like that filesystem.
>
> Anyway, please reply to the list with ideas, I'll see them.
>
> Timothy C. McGrath
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