Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 03:11:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 03:11:19 -0500 Received: from [208.48.139.185] ([208.48.139.185]:50392 "HELO forty.greenhydrant.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 03:11:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:10:54 -0800 From: David Rees To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Suspected bug - System slowdown under unexplained excessive disk I/O - 2.4.13 Message-ID: <20011108001054.A10029@greenhydrant.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Rees , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011107221148.A7828@greenhydrant.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from oktay.akbal@s-tec.de on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:45:12AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:45:12AM +0100, Oktay Akbal wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, David Rees wrote: > > > > > > > Keywords: > > > > > > vm, ReiserFS, heavy disk I/O, > > > > Let me guess, IDE disks? Anyway, this is a FAQ. Go www.namesys.com, click > > on the FAQ, and look at #15. > > To bad I did not see the Reiserfs-Keyword before asking... > In my case this happened on scsi-disks on a adaptec 2940. > I read the faq-entry, but I do not understand why this should only apply > to IDE. Maybe my old-scsi disks suffer the same problem ? It could affect certain SCSI disks/controllers just as well. You might want to ask this question on the reiserfs list to see if they have any solutions... -Dave - 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/