On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 14:34 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 11:16:24AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > I've been running my IDE disks on my 164LX ever since I got it, and > > they've run crappy the whole time. > > > I've never got the 32-bit support to work, and I'm not really sure I've > > made DMA work either. Turning on the 32-bit support is a sure recipe > > for a crash, it seems. > > > My 164LX has two IDE controllers: its integrated, on-botherboard one > > (the CMD646, I believe) and a Promise 20269 PCI card. This PCI card can > > do UDMA133 on a PC. > > > But I can't make it do that reliably on the Alpha. I've got 2.6.9 on > > there. > > > Any ideas or suggestions? Is IDE permenantly crapy on Alpha? And if > > so, why? > > > Also... > > > What is the final word on what journaling filesystems work on Alpha? > > >From what I've heard here: > > > ext3: OK > > JFS: broken > > Reiser3: broken (but it works fine for me) > > XFS: broken > > I've been using XFS on alpha for years, with no more incident than an x86. > I've also never heard anything about it being broken on alpha except from > you, AFAIK, but perhaps I've just been less diligent at seeking out this > information than I should have. :) > > It's also possible that the JFS problems are historical at this point; if > someone can get more concrete information about what was broken and when > (if) it was fixed, we can certainly still revisit the question of > disallowing JFS in the alpha installer. I am using JFS on a 2100A right now. under load it seems fine. If I remember right that is when the problems were encountered. I pummeled it too. I have LVM configured underneath it too. Seems just fine, I am using it for a SVN repository right now. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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