From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270270AbTGMQaS (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:30:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270271AbTGMQaS (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:30:18 -0400 Received: from www.wireboard.com ([216.151.155.101]:60033 "EHLO varsoon.wireboard.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270270AbTGMQaP (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:30:15 -0400 To: Chris Morgan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.XX very sluggish References: <200307131228.00155.cmorgan@alum.wpi.edu> From: Doug McNaught Date: 13 Jul 2003 12:45:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: Chris Morgan's message of "Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:28:00 -0400" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0806 (Gnus v5.8.6) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chris Morgan writes: > 1.4Ghz Athlon via 82cxx chipset, software raid 1 scsi drives, currently > running 2.4.21 > > With 2.5.73/74/75(the only ones I've tried thus far) the kernel boots fine > until it tries to mount the reiserfs partition on the raid1 set. Replaying > the journal takes many times longer than with 2.4. Once it gets past that > point the whole machine appears to be quite sluggish. Is this a known issue > with reiserfs + software raid 1? What information would be useful to aid in > debugging? What does 'hdparm' say about DMA settings on your drive under 2.5? -Doug