Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 May 2003 08:11:54 -0500 | From | Dirk Eddelbuettel <> | Subject | Re: Tyan 2466 SMP locks hard with 2.4.20 + heavy disk i/o yet runs 2.2.* without problems |
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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 02:56:12PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Iau, 2003-05-01 at 14:52, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > Performance under 2.4.20 with ext3 + win4lin patch > > - "Stable" until disk-heavy operation causes freeze, typically within > > two to three days > > - Heavy disk use (full backup writing, diff against big tarball, bonnie++) > > freeze the machine hard, no ping, no sign of live > > + memtest86 shows no problem with the ram > > If you don't have a PS/2 mouse plugged into the box add one. If that > doens't help duplicate the crash without win4lin.
Turns out that 2.4.21-rc1 is rock solid. Behaved very well without win4lin, and is looking good with4lin (survived double bonnie++ tests).
I also unchecked CONIG_ISA, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX which may have contributed to the lockups under 2.4.20.
Thanks, Dirk
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