Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Marc-Christian Petersen <> | Subject | Re: I/O problems in 2.4.19/2.4.20/2.4.21-rc3 | Date | Sat, 24 May 2003 16:19:40 +0200 |
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On Friday 23 May 2003 15:46, Christian Klose wrote:
Hi Christian,
> > I have a problem since Linux Kernel 2.4.19. Copying huge amount of data > > gives me pauses where pauses are disk io pauses, keyboard does not accept > > input and mouse won't move. This depends, sometimes those pauses are 1 to > > 2 seconds, sometimes even more up to 15 seconds where I can not do > > anything with my linux but waiting :-( > I forgot to mention that this is filesystem independant. ext2, ext3, > reiserfs; always same problem. You've mentioned that you also tried 2.5 and you don't see any difference there. I am very interrested to hear what version of 2.5 you tried.
I am using 2.5.69 + some patches and it does not suck or behave brain dead like 2.4 does. For me I've quit with 2.4 from now on.
2.5 still has many things to do / to fix but 2.5 is _active_ developed and fixes _are_ going into 2.5 where 2.4 does not accept real bug fixes.
If you want to give 2.5.69 a try, please apply the attached patch if you want to use it for your desktop. It gives you more interactivity.
ciao, Marc--- old/kernel/sched.c 2003-05-24 14:45:57.000000000 +0200 +++ 2.5-mcp/kernel/sched.c 2003-05-24 16:18:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ * they expire. */ #define MIN_TIMESLICE ( 10 * HZ / 1000) -#define MAX_TIMESLICE (200 * HZ / 1000) +#define MAX_TIMESLICE ( 10 * HZ / 1000) #define CHILD_PENALTY 50 #define PARENT_PENALTY 100 #define EXIT_WEIGHT 3 | |