Re: 2.6.4 : 100% CPU use on EIDE disk operarion, VIA chipset

Mikhail Ramendik
2004-04-04T08:02:24Z

Hello,

Andreas Hartmann wrote:

> > It turned out that on disk-intensive operation, the "system" CPU usage
> > skyrockets. With a mere "cp" of a large file to the same direstory
> > (tested with ext3fs and FAT32 file systems), it is 100% practically all
> > of the time !
> But you're right, 2.6.4 is slower than 2.4.25. See the thread "Very poor
> performance with 2.6.4" here in the list.

As recommended there, I have tried 2.6.5-rc3-mm4.

No change. Still 100% CPU usage; the performance seems teh same.

Yours, Mikhail Ramendik

P.S. Sorry for making all comments into answers to your letter. I just
don't want to break the thread.