Re: What this error mean?
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:21:58 -0400 (EDT)
> tallison@tacocat.net wrote:
>
>> In my case it was shitty EIDE code in the kernel screwing up my VIA
>> chipset (I think that's the name) (which is also shitty or even
>> shittier I find out) and causing massive problems with data
>> corruptions and really poor performance (7MB/s with a tail wind).
>>
>> downgrade the kernel to 2.4.18 or lower and this problem may go away.
>>
>> Alternatively, at least in theory, upgrade to 2.6.0-testX.
>>
>> But the entire 2.4.2x series has been horribly problematic for these
>> motherboards and has been a real dissappointment.
>
> Kernel 2.4.21 with a VIA VT8366:
> jkoenig@note:~$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
> Password:
>
> /dev/hda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 268 MB in 2.02 seconds = 132.67 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 100 MB in 3.02 seconds = 33.11 MB/sec
> jkoenig@note:~$
>
> It's a little low right now, I've gotten close to 200 buffer-cache and
> 45 buffered disk (I have a lot of disk activity right now)
>
> hdparm was not used to tweak the drive. My .config:
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
> --
> -johann koenig
This is not a debian kernel is it?
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