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From: Mark Creamer <mcreamer@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] controlling processor peaks
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:21:43
Message-Id: 42E2A6A6.2030501@adelphia.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] controlling processor peaks by Allan Wang
1 Allan Wang wrote:
2
3 >On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 19:41 +0000, Mark Creamer wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>Here's the output:
7 >>
8 >>/dev/hda:
9 >> multcount = 16 (on)
10 >> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
11 >> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
12 >> using_dma = 0 (off)
13 >> keepsettings = 0 (off)
14 >> readonly = 0 (off)
15 >> readahead = 256 (on)
16 >> geometry = 30515/255/63, sectors = 251000193024, start = 0
17 >>
18 >>
19 >Yup, just as I thought, you have dma off. You'll need to run lspci and
20 >find the IDE controller for your motherboard. Then in your kernel
21 >configuration, enable support for that ide controller (device drivers ->
22 >ide/atapi support), and reboot. It should be nice and fast afterwards.
23 >
24 >Allan
25 >
26 >
27 >
28 Thanks Allan, I'll try that. Best regards
29 --
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