Subject: Re: 1.5.1 SPL0 fix??
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Eric Schnoebelen <eric@cirr.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/13/2001 22:49:12
Matt Thomas writes:
- At 05:31 PM 4/13/2001 -0500, Eric Schnoebelen wrote:
- >Eric Schnoebelen writes:
- >- Can I get a patch for it, to see if it clears up the
- >- disk/networking performance problem I'm seeing on my PC164?
- >
- >         Well, having applied the patch, I can say that it
- >doesn't help the network/disk-io problem I've seen and others
- >have reported.
- >
- >         Problem summary:
- >                 With simlutainous disk and network IO, the
- >                 network IO is about 6kbp/sec.
- >
- >         System Description:
- >                 AlphaPC164/500Mhz
- 
- Mines 533.

	[...]

- >                 IDE disk
- 
- I got two and a CDROM.

	Do you have them on the built-in IDE controler??  I know
when ever I put multiple disks on a channel, or on both the
internal channels, I came up with problems..

- >                 NetBSD 1.5.1_BETA kernel
- 
- I'm running 1.5T with no problem.

	Hmm, maybe its time to build a -current kernel, and see
what happens.. (or at least boot the a recent -current
snapshot..)

	Thanks,
		Eric

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