Re: Responsiveness issue(s)
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:20:09 +0200, Andrew J. Barr wrote:
> The kernel
> is a custom 2.6.20.6 kernel with preemption installed (I note that
> because it's not in the default powerpc kernel from etch)
Preemption on PPC is (was?) a bad bad idea.
Try using the Debian stock kernel for a while and see if things get
better.
As for the rest, check that DMA is activated on your hard drive. Which is
extremely slow anyway... I have an iBook so I know what I'm talking
about :)
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Best Regards, Jack
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