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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:47:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>
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On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:

> If the problem is (1) it might get resolved by using the -rmap
> or -aa kernels.  If the problem is (2) you'll want Andrew Morton's
> read_latency patch (which I'll port to 2.4.20 real soon now).

The read_latency makes an immense difference, i've CC'd Con because
there was one other bit which i needed to get IO from stalling the box
(5-10s) which i can't recall right now.

Cheers,
	Zwane
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