From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>
To: Jens Benecke <jens-usenet@spamfreemail.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.1mm2: nforce2 / amd74xx IDE driver doesn't load
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:34:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401131534.53423.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3411792.vcVGz9Xbqa@spamfreemail.de>
On Tuesday 13 of January 2004 08:10, Jens Benecke wrote:
> Nick Piggin wrote:
> >>running an up-to-date XFree86 4.3 from Debian unstable, I have a stuck
> >>mouse pointer in X11 every time some application uses 100% CPU. I have
> >>folding@home running in the background at nice 19, which doesn't disturb
> >>anything, but when my machine starts up the following happens: (...)
> >>During this time (20-30sec) the mouse pointer jerks from position to
> >>position about once to twice a second. My X server runs at priority 0,
> >> not -10, as recommended. This has been the case since 2.6.0-test11, but
> >> I have the (subjective) impression that under 2.6.1rc1-mm1 and 2.6.1-mm2
> >> it got worse.
> >
> > mm kernels have a small interactivity change, so it would be good to
> > compare with plain 2.6.1.
> >
> > It is recommended that your X server run at priority 0. The -10
> > priority is recommended when using my interactivity patches. Its all
> > quite confusing.
>
> Hi,
>
> I have found a (perhaps THE) reason why my X is so jerky: the nforce2
> chipset driver (amd74xx) doesn't load, because it "thinks" the BIOS IDE
> ports are disabled - which is definitely not the case
It doesn't load because IDE ports are already controlled by generic IDE code.
Just use CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y. I will fix this "BIOS" comment.
--bart
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-13 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-12 21:13 2.6.1mm2: very bad interactive behaviour under XFree86 Jens Benecke
2004-01-12 23:11 ` Nick Piggin
2004-01-13 7:10 ` 2.6.1mm2: nforce2 / amd74xx IDE driver doesn't load Jens Benecke
2004-01-13 14:34 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [this message]
2004-01-13 15:40 ` Jens Benecke
2004-01-13 16:56 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-01-13 18:11 ` Jens Benecke
2004-01-13 18:24 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-01-13 21:15 ` Jens Benecke
2004-01-13 21:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-01-14 9:30 ` Jens Benecke
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