Re: 2.5.2-pre1 dbench 32 hangs in vmstat "b" state

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Dec 21 2001, rwhron@earthlink.net wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 03:46:54PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > You neglected to mention what disk I/O system you are using? IDE or
> > SCSI, and if the latter what host adapter?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jens Axboe
> 
> Sorry about that.  It's an IDE drive.
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
> 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04)
> 
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y

Thanks -- could you also try and do sysrq-t back traces when it seems
stuck?

Does a non-highmem kernel run ok?

-- 
Jens Axboe