Re: sync slowness. ext3 on VIA vt82c686b
khromy (khromy@lnuxlab.ath.cx)
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 00:36:55 -0400
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 12:03:01AM -0400, khromy wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:57:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Possibly what is happening is that the /tmp partition lies on
> > a part of the disk which has a higher platter transfer speed
> > and this higher speed is causing retries or other problems
> > further down the chain.
> >
> > You could have a fiddle with hdparm, try slowing down the
> > interface speed. Try a different set of cables, too.
>
> Just tried with dma disabled, same problem. I'm gonna try another IDE
> controller and see if it still happens.
I just tried with my Promise UDMA100 card with another cable and same
problem. Any other ideas? Should I try rc1-aa1?
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