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From: James Davies <james_m_davies@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: kswapd and system response
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:23:12 +1000
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 06:48, Ahmed Masud wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > every so often, my system (2.4.13 smp) gets really sloooooow.   a typical
 <snip>
> > this has been happening with the 2.4.13 kernel every couple of days.
>
> Hello
>
> I have experienced similar behaviour with kswapd/kupdated with 2.4.12 and
> 2.4.13 .  After much struggle, I discovered that the system had become
> slugish and non-responsive because i was using the wrong IDE busmastering
> and DMA drivers (VIA chipset) instead of the correct ones for my
> motherboard (PROMISE chipset). If you are using IDE, then perhaps you have
> something similar and are using the incorrect drivers?
>
> If you are indeed using IDE then suggest that you turn of busmastering all
> together and give it another try.
>
> Ahmed.

	I am having the same problem with 2.4.6. I have the VIA Drivers compiled in,
	which are the correct ones for my chipset. Perhaps it is a problem with the
	VIA Drivers? I havn't tested it with anything else. 
	


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