2003-07-03 21:20:49

by Charles-Edouard Ruault

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
# CONFIG_SBUS is not set
CONFIG_UID16=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y

#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
CONFIG_MK7=y
# CONFIG_MK8 is not set
# CONFIG_MELAN is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
# CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_I8K is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
# CONFIG_X86_TSC_DISABLE is not set
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# CONFIG_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y

#
# PCMCIA/CardBus support
#
CONFIG_PCMCIA=y
CONFIG_CARDBUS=y
# CONFIG_TCIC is not set
# CONFIG_I82092 is not set
# CONFIG_I82365 is not set

#
# PCI Hotplug Support
#
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_ACPI=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUSMGR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CPU=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_CMBATT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_APM is not set

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_PCMCIA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y

#
# Plug and Play configuration
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y

#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_STATS=y

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
CONFIG_MD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=m

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK=y
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_NAT is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
CONFIG_INET_ECN=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y

#
# IP: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPFWADM is not set
CONFIG_IPV6=m

#
# IPv6: Netfilter Configuration
#
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_RT is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_OPTS is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_FRAG is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_HL is not set
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_IPV6HEADER is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_AHESP is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_LENGTH is not set
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_EUI64 is not set
CONFIG_IP6_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
# CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set

#
# Appletalk devices
#
# CONFIG_DEV_APPLETALK is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
CONFIG_BRIDGE=m
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
CONFIG_IPSEC=m
CONFIG_IPSEC_IPIP=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_AH=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_MD5=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_SHA1=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_ESP=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_ENC_3DES=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_IPCOMP=y
CONFIG_IPSEC_DEBUG=y

#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set
# CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
# CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ_PCMCIA is not set

#
# ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y

#
# IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA100 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
# CONFIG_AMD74XX_OVERRIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_SII is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NSP32 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set

#
# PCMCIA SCSI adapter support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCMCIA is not set

#
# Fusion MPT device support
#
# CONFIG_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_LAN is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_IEEE1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_ETH1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_DV1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=m
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_CMP is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set

#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PROC is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_TUN=m
# CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_SUNLANCE is not set
# CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
# CONFIG_SUNBMAC is not set
# CONFIG_SUNQE is not set
# CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
# CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
# CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
# CONFIG_TULIP is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
CONFIG_EEPRO100=m
# CONFIG_EEPRO100_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_E100 is not set
# CONFIG_LNE390 is not set
# CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
# CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_NE3210 is not set
# CONFIG_ES3210 is not set
# CONFIG_8139CP is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set
# CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET is not set
# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
# CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
# CONFIG_SUNDANCE_MMIO is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_TC35815 is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO is not set
# CONFIG_WINBOND_840 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set

#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
# CONFIG_E1000 is not set
# CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS is not set
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
# CONFIG_PPP_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
# CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_PPPOE=m
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set

#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set

#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set

#
# PCMCIA network device support
#
CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589 is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C574 is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_FMVJ18X is not set
CONFIG_PCMCIA_PCNET=y
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_AXNET is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_NMCLAN is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_SMC91C92 is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRC2PS is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET_COM20020_CS is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_IBMTR is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRCOM is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRTULIP is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO=y
CONFIG_PCMCIA_RAYCS=y
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_NETWAVE is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_WAVELAN is not set
# CONFIG_AIRONET4500_CS is not set

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set

#
# Input core support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=m
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_PPDEV is not set
# CONFIG_TIPAR is not set

#
# I2C support
#
# CONFIG_I2C is not set

#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
# CONFIG_MK712_MOUSE is not set

#
# Joysticks
#
# CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_NS558 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_LIGHTNING is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_PCIGAME is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_CS461X is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SERIO is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SERPORT is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_ANALOG is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_A3D is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_ADI is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_COBRA is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GF2K is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GRIP is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_INTERACT is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TMDC is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SIDEWINDER is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_USB is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_232 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_WARRIOR is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MAGELLAN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEORB is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEBALL is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_STINGER is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_DB9 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GAMECON is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set
# CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_EVENT is not set
# CONFIG_IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE is not set
# CONFIG_IPMI_KCS is not set
# CONFIG_IPMI_WATCHDOG is not set

#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200_GPIO is not set
# CONFIG_AMD_RNG is not set
# CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set
# CONFIG_AMD_PM768 is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
# CONFIG_SONYPI is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=m
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD_8151 is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set
CONFIG_DRM=y
# CONFIG_DRM_OLD is not set
CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
# CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I810_XFREE_41 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set

#
# PCMCIA character devices
#
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_SERIAL_CS is not set
# CONFIG_SYNCLINK_CS is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set

#
# Multimedia devices
#
CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m

#
# Video For Linux
#
CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_PMS is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_W9966 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA5249 is not set
# CONFIG_TUNER_3036 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN_BUZ is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN_DC10 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN_LML33 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZR36120 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_MEYE is not set

#
# Radio Adapters
#
# CONFIG_RADIO_CADET is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_RTRACK is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_RTRACK2 is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_AZTECH is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MAXIRADIO is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MIROPCM20 is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MIROPCM20_RDS is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_SF16FMI is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_SF16FMR2 is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_TERRATEC is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_TRUST is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_TYPHOON is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_ZOLTRIX is not set

#
# File systems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=m
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BEFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
# CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437"
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m

#
# Partition Types
#
CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
# CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set

#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set

#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CLGEN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_MIDI_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER is not set

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=m
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
# CONFIG_USB_UHCI is not set
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MIDI is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
# CONFIG_USB_KBD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DC2XX is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SCANNER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PWC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SE401 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_VICAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DSBR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_CDCETHER is not set
CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
# CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_BELKIN is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_WHITEHEAT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DIGI_ACCELEPORT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EMPEG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT_TI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MCT_U232 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KLSI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KOBIL_SCT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_XIRCOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OMNINET is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TIGL is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BRLVGER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set

#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=m


Attachments:
.config (27.92 kB)

2003-07-03 21:50:01

by Francois Romieu

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Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

Charles-Edouard Ruault <[email protected]> :
[...]
> when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
> the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu
> utilization in kernel mode ), other tasks are stopped ( for example

Please add:
- 'vmstat 1' output before/after/during slowdown;
- dmesg output after boot.

--
Ueimor

2003-07-03 22:16:15

by Charles-Edouard Ruault

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

Francois Romieu wrote:

>Charles-Edouard Ruault <[email protected]> :
>[...]
>
>
>>when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
>>the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu
>>utilization in kernel mode ), other tasks are stopped ( for example
>>
>>
>
>Please add:
>- 'vmstat 1' output before/after/during slowdown;
>- dmesg output after boot.
>
Hi Francois,
thanks a lot for the quick reply.

Here it is the info you requested ( just did tar xvjf
linux-2.4.21.tar.bz2 )

procs memory swap io
system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id
1 0 0 21612 33752 33048 337852 0 0 4 14 60 14
19 3 78
0 0 0 21612 33748 33048 337852 0 0 0 0 360 695
1 8 91
3 0 0 21612 28580 33088 339168 0 0 456 0 1013 1379 40
14 47
4 0 0 21612 26616 33176 340924 0 0 280 1384 3953 1095 55
45 0
3 0 0 21612 23172 33324 344056 0 0 460 0 1024 2354 78
22 0
2 1 0 21612 18368 33408 348596 0 0 668 0 1953 2757 57
40 3
3 0 0 21612 13300 33628 353216 0 0 720 0 1532 2537 67
25 8
3 0 0 21612 8024 33772 357920 0 0 736 0 2065 2373 54
41 5
4 0 1 21612 6536 33844 359192 0 0 284 17736 36558 922
6 94 0
5 0 0 21612 4440 34072 361008 0 0 628 0 1816 2546 58
28 14
6 0 1 21612 4472 34092 360924 0 0 4 4364 8930 132 5
95 0
1 0 0 21612 4388 34232 360692 0 0 740 444 2700 2324 61
35 4
4 0 0 21612 4368 34460 359976 0 0 520 0 1380 3071 63
29 8
3 0 0 21612 4460 34656 359392 0 0 728 0 1794 3408 63
33 4
6 0 2 21612 4440 34820 358948 0 0 732 7452 17013 2577
22 75 3
4 0 2 21612 4352 34844 358984 0 0 128 13084 27045 268
4 96 0
5 0 0 21612 4404 35004 358748 0 0 312 1240 3412 1984 50
45 6
3 0 0 21612 4392 35140 358504 0 0 812 0 1964 2468 64
32 4
2 0 0 21612 4404 35256 358320 0 0 780 0 1900 2527 65
34 1
4 0 0 21612 4452 35400 358036 0 0 808 0 1968 2704 68
29 3
4 0 0 21612 4412 35516 357844 0 0 672 0 1679 2762 61
32 7
6 0 2 21612 4424 35568 357724 0 0 132 10772 22319 999
9 90 0
11 0 1 21612 4420 35568 357732 0 0 0 6060 12382 88
2 98 0
4 1 1 21612 4372 35636 357696 0 0 128 3840 8226 302 10
90 0
3 0 0 21612 4412 35764 357536 0 0 524 1184 3678 1928 55
43 2
4 0 0 21612 4448 34696 358516 0 0 792 0 1924 2564 66
32 2
4 0 1 21612 4376 33520 359608 0 0 676 0 1692 2619 64
33 3
4 0 0 21612 4364 32484 360480 0 0 676 0 1689 2669 66
31 3
3 0 0 21612 4436 31088 361764 0 0 784 0 1929 3057 67
32 1
8 0 1 21612 4492 30816 361932 0 0 0 20520 41947 930
5 95 0
5 0 0 21612 4420 29424 363468 0 0 516 1964 5267 1408 40
60 0
4 0 0 21612 4348 28592 364408 0 0 912 0 2170 2475 65
33 2
2 0 0 21612 4444 28708 364084 0 0 656 0 1650 2757 72
27 1
3 0 0 21612 4464 28852 363796 0 0 664 0 1663 2740 75
23 2
5 0 1 21612 4264 29012 363684 0 0 792 0 1938 2634 66
29 5
8 0 2 21612 4344 29060 363508 0 0 284 9744 20533 841
9 91 0
9 0 1 21612 4344 29060 363508 0 0 0 5296 10796 52
1 99 0
3 0 1 21612 4436 29084 363292 0 0 0 4788 9838 217 5
95 0
2 0 0 21612 4372 29268 363184 0 0 820 0 1911 2509 69
29 2
6 0 2 21612 4348 29312 363100 0 0 132 6088 12873 752
11 89 0
3 0 0 21612 4360 29480 362832 0 0 676 4 1697 3061 76
19 5
5 0 0 21612 4428 26392 365748 0 0 684 0 1706 2591 72
26 2
2 0 0 21612 4372 24628 367468 0 0 792 0 1921 2578 61
36 3
4 0 0 21612 4468 23900 367956 0 0 664 0 1668 2724 73
26 1
4 0 1 21612 4352 23936 367988 0 0 128 18688 38440 704
4 96 0


everytime i experience a slowdown, there's a 'big' number in the io (bo)
column.

i don't have a dmseg available but here's the exerpt of
/var/log/messages at boot :

Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Linux version 2.4.21
([email protected]) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux
3.2.2-5)) #2 Mon Jun 16 16:10:04 CEST 2003
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 -
000000000009fc00 (usable)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 -
00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 -
0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 -
000000001fffc000 (usable)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001fffc000 -
000000001ffff000 (ACPI data)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001ffff000 -
0000000020000000 (ACPI NVS)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 -
00000000fec01000 (reserved)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 -
00000000fee01000 (reserved)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 -
0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 131068
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: zone(1): 126972 pages.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus irqbalance: irqbalance startup succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda8
hdc=ide-scsi vga=0x318 sda=usb-storage pci=biosirq
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus keytable: Loading keymap:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Detected 2000.121 MHz processor.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 3984.58 BogoMIPS
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Memory: 516028k/524272k available (1363k
kernel code, 7856k reserved, 468k data, 112k init, 0k highmem)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536
(order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768
(order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512
(order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Buffer-cache hash table entries: 32768
(order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072
(order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D
cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on
CPU#0.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2400+ stepping 01
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception
support... done.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus keytable:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus keytable: Loading system font:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Using local APIC timer interrupts.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 2000.1599 MHz.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ..... host bus clock speed is 266.6880 MHz.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: cpu: 0, clocks: 2666880, slice: 1333440
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel:
CPU0<T0:2666880,T1:1333440,D:0,S:1333440,C:2666880>
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch
([email protected])
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xf1720, last bus=1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/3177] at
00:11.0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:07.0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:08.0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer
Society NET3.039
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Starting kswapd
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: Core Subsystem version [20011018]
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: Subsystem enabled
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: System firmware supports S0 S1 S4 S5
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus keytable:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Processor[0]: C0 C1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus rc: Starting keytable: succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) found
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: Multiple power buttons detected,
ignoring fixed-feature
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) found
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe8000000,
mapped to 0xe0809000, size 18432k
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: vesafb: mode is 1024x768x24,
linelength=3072, pages=55
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: vesafb: protected mode interface info at
c000:58a8
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: vesafb: scrolling: redraw
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: vesafb: directcolor: size=0:8:8:8,
shift=0:16:8:0
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Console: switching to colour frame
buffer device 128x48
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08)
with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82Jun 27 22:52:31
charlus kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for
PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:11.1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will
probe irqs later
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt8235 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133
controller on pci00:11.1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x9000-0x9007, BIOS
settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x9008-0x900f, BIOS
settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0, ATA DISK drive
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: blk: queue c0314e40, I/O limit 4095Mb
(mask 0xffffffff)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hdc: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1610A, ATAPI
CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hdd: CREATIVEDVD5240E-1, ATAPI
CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hda: 160086528 sectors (81964 MB)
w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9964/255/63, UDMA(133)
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus random: Initializing random number generator:
succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver.
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hdd: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB
Cache, DMA
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Partition check:
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6
hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 >
Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096
buckets, 32Kbytes
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established
32768 bind 65536)
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for
Linux NET4.0.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem)
readonly.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 112k freed
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:10.3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.0, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.1, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.2, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.3, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ehci-hcd 00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc.
USB 2.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ehci-hcd 00:10.3: irq 9, pci mem e1a24000
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned
bus number 1
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: 00:10.3 PCI cache line size set
incorrectly (32 bytes) by BIOS/FW.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: 00:10.3 PCI cache line size
corrected to 64.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ehci-hcd 00:10.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI
1.00, driver 2003-Jan-22
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: 6 ports detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller
Interface driver v1.1
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:10.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.0, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.1, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.2, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.3, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xa000, IRQ 9
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned
bus number 2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:10.1
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.0, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.1, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.2, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.3, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x9800, IRQ 9
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned
bus number 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:10.2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus netfs: Mounting other filesystems: succeeded
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.0, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.1, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.2, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:10.3, have
irq 9, want irq 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x9400, IRQ 9
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned
bus number 4
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech
Pavlik <[email protected]>
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,8), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Adding Swap: 1574328k swap-space
(priority -1)
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,1), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,10), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,3), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,2), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,9), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,5), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5
seconds
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on
ide0(3,7), internal journal
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ohci1394: $Rev: 896 $ Ben Collins
<[email protected]>
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:07.0 (0094 -> 0097)
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:07.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:08.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ohci1394_0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI):
IRQ=[10] MMIO=[d6000000-d60007ff] Max Packet=[2048]
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-1,
assigned address 2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
0x46d/0x870) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-1,
assigned address 2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
0x46d/0x870) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-1,
assigned address 2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: input0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech
USB Receiver] on usb3:2.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-2,
assigned address 3
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod
0xeaf/0x1) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hdc: attached ide-scsi driver.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for
IDE ATAPI devices
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R
PX-W1610A Rev: 1.05
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Type:
CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.0-1,
assigned address 2
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
0x4b8/0x5) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver quickcam
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: USB Quickcam Class ff SubClass ff
idVendor 46d idProduct 870
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: USB Quickcam camera found using: $Id:
quickcam.c,v 1.111 2003/01/27 09:41:03 tuukkat Exp $
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: quickcam: probe of HDCS1000 sensor = 08
02 id: 08
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: quickcam: HDCS1000 sensor detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Vendor: MCRW Model: CRW600
CF Rev: 2.1D
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Vendor: MCRW Model: CRW600
MS Rev: 2.1D
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Vendor: MCRW Model: CRW600
MMC/SD Rev: 2.1D
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Vendor: MCRW Model: CRW600
SM Rev: 2.1D
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional
printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0005
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device
Class driver
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778)
[PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets,
32760 max) - 292 bytes per conntrack
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: Broadcom 4401 Ethernet Driver bcm4400
ver. 1.0.1 (08/26/02)
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:09.0 (0004 -> 0006)
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: PCI: Assigned IRQ 5 for device 00:09.0
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T found
at mem d4800000, IRQ 5, node addr 00e018a7bc28
Jun 27 22:52:32 charlus autofs: automount startup succeeded

let me know if you need anything else from me !
( please cc me since i'm not on the list ).
thanks again for your help.

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Charles-Edouard Ruault
PGP Key ID E10C24DC


2003-07-03 22:42:01

by Mark Hahn

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Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

> >>when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
> >>the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu

it's not write-specific. you can see below that you're somehow
managing to trigger roughly two interrupts per *either* bi or bo.
for a normal IDE setup, you should see one interrupt per 16-64K
under average use. it's almost like your sys somehow thinks
that it can only transfer 1 sector per interrupt!

> everytime i experience a slowdown, there's a 'big' number in the io (bo)
> column.

no, it's basically in=2*(bi+bo), as if your system somehow believes
it can only do a single sector per interrupt (PIO and -m1 perhaps?)
it should be more like 32K per interrupt.

> Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!

have you tried without that?

2003-07-03 22:52:23

by Charles-Edouard Ruault

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

Mark Hahn wrote:

>>>>when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
>>>>the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu
>>>>
>>>>
>
>it's not write-specific. you can see below that you're somehow
>managing to trigger roughly two interrupts per *either* bi or bo.
>for a normal IDE setup, you should see one interrupt per 16-64K
>under average use. it's almost like your sys somehow thinks
>that it can only transfer 1 sector per interrupt!
>
>
hmmm interesting i had not noticed that !

>
>
>>everytime i experience a slowdown, there's a 'big' number in the io (bo)
>>column.
>>
>>
>
>no, it's basically in=2*(bi+bo), as if your system somehow believes
>it can only do a single sector per interrupt (PIO and -m1 perhaps?)
>it should be more like 32K per interrupt.
>
>
>
>>Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
>>
>>
>
>have you tried without that?
>
>.
>
>
>
nope. I'll do that for sure. I've already had problems with APIC on
other systems ...
Thanks for the hint. I'll keep you posted if it works.


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Charles-Edouard Ruault
PGP Key ID E10C24DC


2003-07-06 17:06:32

by Jakob Oestergaard

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 06:56:24PM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > >>when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
> > >>the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu
>
> it's not write-specific. you can see below that you're somehow
> managing to trigger roughly two interrupts per *either* bi or bo.
> for a normal IDE setup, you should see one interrupt per 16-64K
> under average use. it's almost like your sys somehow thinks
> that it can only transfer 1 sector per interrupt!

The system is 90% in kernel when writing. That's bad (unless you're
maxing out your PCI busses or main memory bandwidth of course ;)

The IDE disks are most likely not running DMA.

>
> > everytime i experience a slowdown, there's a 'big' number in the io (bo)
> > column.
>
> no, it's basically in=2*(bi+bo), as if your system somehow believes
> it can only do a single sector per interrupt (PIO and -m1 perhaps?)
> it should be more like 32K per interrupt.

Try:

hdparm -d1 /dev/hda


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