Messages in this thread | | | From | (Christiaan Kok) | Subject | Kernel 2.4.17 gets really slow when handling large files | Date | Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:04:59 +0100 (CET) |
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Dear people,
I have a problem with kernel 2.4.17 and as far as I have testen all the 2.4.X kernels before it. When handling large files, like moving or viewing movies (700 Mb) (with mplayer) my system suddenly slows down a lot. This can only be repaired by a reboot. hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX values drop from around 25 MB/s to around 8 MB/s but DMA is still on (at least that is what hdaprm reports). In is a such a state it is imposible to burn cds for instance but networkspeed is unharmed.
My system is a AMD Athlon 650 on a Aopen AK74 (VIA chipset )/ 640Mb memory/NVidia TNT2 with X4 driver from NVidia/2 network cards (vanilla)/ SoundBlaster 128 with ALSA drivers/128MB swap.
I tested with 2.4.17/2.4.10/2.4.10-ac4/2.4.6 and they all have this problem.
Is this a well-known problem for 2.4.X kernels? Is there a work-around available, so I can happily watch movies again?
with best regards,
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