Bug#292665: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686: intensive usage of usb-storage causes high iowait

[Manuele Rampazzo <manuele.rampazzo@infocamere.it>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686
Version: 2.6.10-4
Severity: important


Hi,
I use an usb 2.0 disk for a local debian mirror.

When I launch debmirror and it begins to parse the local mirror
contents, iowait rises to 100% and never drops to normal levels,
debmirror goes in D+ state and then the machine gets really slow.

I'm also unable to shutdown the machine correctly.

Everything works great with the 2.6.9-2-686 I'm using now or with the
previous subversion of 2.6.10: debmirror goes for just some seconds in
D+ and then back to a running state; iowait rises, but it doesn't reach
100%.

Thanks,
Manuele

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-2-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.77     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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