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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au>
To: Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Cc: toe@unlserve.unl.edu, puetzk@iastate.edu,
	iweiny@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu, lambert@jeol.com,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Communicator Crashes X II
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:48:26 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199908310148.LAA14647@tango.anu.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908301823010.27650-100000@mercator.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> (message from Geert Uytterhoeven on Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:23:48 +0200 (CEST))


Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote:

> Perhaps the kernel spends too much time in the interrupt handling section of
> the IDE driver? We saw similar things on m68k.

Or the SCSI code.  I recently converted the mesh and mac53c94 drivers
to use the `new-style' error handling (it didn't take as much hacking
as I had expected).  One result is that the command-done processing in
the scsi mid-layer gets done in a BH handler rather than in an
interrupt handler with interrupts disabled.  I noticed that I got far
fewer serial overruns with the new code during disk activity.

I don't see the FB. overflow messages, but then I don't run the serial
port at 115200, only at 57600.  Is it a common feature that people who
see the FB. overflow message are running the serial port at 115200 or
230400 baud?

Paul.

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  reply	other threads:[~1999-08-31  1:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-08-30 13:16 Communicator Crashes X II Kevin Puetz
1999-08-30 16:20 ` Takashi Oe
1999-08-30 16:23   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-08-31  1:48     ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
1999-08-31 13:08       ` Improving gatwick interrupts Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-08-31 17:20       ` A few sleep patches Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-09-08 18:45       ` Communicator Crashes X II Jerry Quinn
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-08-30  5:07 Ira K Weiny

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