Subject: Re: Interrupt problem
To: Jean-Edouard BABIN <listes@jeb.com.fr>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/20/2005 20:46:39
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 06:52:59AM +0200, Jean-Edouard BABIN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed NetBSD 2.0.2 on a new computer, but when i do "cp file1
> file2" i have a little problem, this do a lot of interrupt so the copy is
> very very slow
>
> CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 12.9% system, 86.1% interrupt, 1.0% idle
> 1705 1001 61 0 100K 592K RUN 0:23 96.92% 67.77% cp
>
> There is a simple solution or is it a driver problem ?
>
> Here is the dmesg (i have the same problem with GENERIC)
>
> [...]
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1
> pciide0: ATI Technologies product 0x4349 (rev. 0x00)
> pciide0: bus-master DMA support present, but unused (no driver support)
This is the problem. The ixpide driver will use DMA with this controller,
but it's only in current and 3.0_BETA
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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