Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269151AbTGOSd0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:33:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269386AbTGOSd0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:33:26 -0400 Received: from tomts9.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.53]:57996 "EHLO tomts9-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269151AbTGOSco (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:32:44 -0400 Subject: Re: RFC on io-stalls patch From: Shane Shrybman To: linux-kernel Cc: mason@suse.com, Andrea Arcangeli , axboe@suse.de Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1058294852.3417.12.camel@mars.goatskin.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 15 Jul 2003 14:47:32 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1843 Lines: 59 Hi, (cc me please) I am currently resurrecting my old K6-2, SCSI test box and I would be happy to run some benchmarks on it to provide another data point for your experimentations. If this would be of any help please let me know what would be the most informative benchmarks to run, (which patches, benchmark settings etc.) I am currently compiling 2.4.21, 2.4.22-pre5 and I have just installed contest 0.61. The hardware: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8 aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32171W Rev: 0484 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 5 model : 6 model name : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 200.458 cache size : 64 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx bogomips : 399.76 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 46460 44236 2224 0 1292 17516 -/+ buffers/cache: 25428 21032 Swap: 128480 188 128292 Regards, shane - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/