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From: Istvan Soos <istvan.soos@××××××××.hu>
To: gentoo-performance@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-performance] preformance problem
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:22:36
Message-Id: 200410151523.37899.istvan.soos@freemail.hu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-performance] preformance problem by Antoine Raillon
1 > Stage 3, so your system is not fully compiled and thus not fully
2 > optimised, however it should not impact your disk I/O ;p
3
4 sorry, I've emerge -pv system (recompile gcc and others...)
5
6 >
7 > > Any suggestion?
8 >
9 > *IF* you're sure this is a disk problem, the first thing you should check
10 > is an hdparm -tT /dev/yourdisk, then check if DMA is enabled, and/or if
11 > hdparm is configured to start at bootup.
12
13 Not sure, kernel (2.6.8.1) & disk & wait problem.
14
15 hdparm -vid /dev/hda:
16
17 /dev/hda:
18 multcount = 16 (on)
19 IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
20 unmaskirq = 0 (off)
21 using_dma = 1 (on)
22 keepsettings = 0 (off)
23 readonly = 0 (off)
24 readahead = 256 (on)
25 geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 80026361856, start = 0
26
27 Model=TOSHIBA MK8025GAS, FwRev=KA023A, SerialNo=83T42170S
28 Config={ Fixed }
29 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=48
30 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
31 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
32 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
33 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
34 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
35 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
36 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
37 Drive conforms to: device does not report version:
38
39 * signifies the current active mode
40
41 And it's on after boot.
42
43 Istvan
44
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Re: [gentoo-performance] preformance problem Ed Grimm <paranoid@××××××××××××××××××××××.org>