Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Mark Creamer <mcreamer@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] controlling processor peaks
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:37:03
Message-Id: 42E2F06F.8010806@adelphia.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] controlling processor peaks by Mark Creamer
1 Wow, what a difference. Thanks again Allan!!
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4 Mark Creamer wrote:
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6 > Allan Wang wrote:
7 >
8 >> On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 19:41 +0000, Mark Creamer wrote:
9 >>
10 >>
11 >>> Here's the output:
12 >>>
13 >>> /dev/hda:
14 >>> multcount = 16 (on)
15 >>> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
16 >>> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
17 >>> using_dma = 0 (off)
18 >>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
19 >>> readonly = 0 (off)
20 >>> readahead = 256 (on)
21 >>> geometry = 30515/255/63, sectors = 251000193024, start = 0
22 >>>
23 >>
24 >> Yup, just as I thought, you have dma off. You'll need to run lspci and
25 >> find the IDE controller for your motherboard. Then in your kernel
26 >> configuration, enable support for that ide controller (device drivers ->
27 >> ide/atapi support), and reboot. It should be nice and fast afterwards.
28 >>
29 >> Allan
30 >>
31 >>
32 >>
33 > Thanks Allan, I'll try that. Best regards
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