From: James Davies <james_m_davies@yahoo.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kswapd and system response
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:23:12 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011125012714Z280624-17409+16544@vger.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111241535160.3541-100000@marauder.googgun.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111241535160.3541-100000@marauder.googgun.com>
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 06:48, Ahmed Masud wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > every so often, my system (2.4.13 smp) gets really sloooooow. a typical
<snip>
> > this has been happening with the 2.4.13 kernel every couple of days.
>
> Hello
>
> I have experienced similar behaviour with kswapd/kupdated with 2.4.12 and
> 2.4.13 . After much struggle, I discovered that the system had become
> slugish and non-responsive because i was using the wrong IDE busmastering
> and DMA drivers (VIA chipset) instead of the correct ones for my
> motherboard (PROMISE chipset). If you are using IDE, then perhaps you have
> something similar and are using the incorrect drivers?
>
> If you are indeed using IDE then suggest that you turn of busmastering all
> together and give it another try.
>
> Ahmed.
I am having the same problem with 2.4.6. I have the VIA Drivers compiled in,
which are the correct ones for my chipset. Perhaps it is a problem with the
VIA Drivers? I havn't tested it with anything else.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-25 1:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-24 20:12 Peter Jay Salzman
2001-11-24 19:03 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-24 20:48 ` Ahmed Masud
2001-11-25 1:23 ` James Davies [this message]
2001-11-25 6:13 ` Ahmed Masud
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