From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:56:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:55:53 -0400 Received: from femail18.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.145]:11217 "EHLO femail18.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:55:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:55:37 -0400 From: Tom Vier To: Matthew Gardiner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.7-ac4 disk thrashing Message-ID: <20010804205537.A17307@zero> In-Reply-To: <20010804113841.A2196@zero> <3B6C7F9B.30303@yahoo.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B6C7F9B.30303@yahoo.co.nz>; from kiwiunixman@yahoo.co.nz on Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 11:04:59AM +1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 11:04:59AM +1200, Matthew Gardiner wrote: > Tom Vier wrote: > >switching from 2.4.7-ac3 to -ac4, disk access seems to be much more > >synchronis. running a ./configure script causes all kinds of trashing, as > >does installing .debs. i'm using reiserfs on top of software raid 0 on an > >alpha. > Apparently, in ac5 (which I am running), there was a bug on non-x86 > cpu's using reiserfs. Download and install the new patch and try. that's just a signedness fix. i've tried ac5 and it has the same problem as ac4. -- Tom Vier DSA Key id 0x27371A2C