From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: *massive* slowdowns on 2.4.1-pre1[1|2]
Date: 29 Jan 2001 23:17:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <955pr6$afk$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A761FEC.1C564FAE@the-rileys.net> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101292102030.28124-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101292102030.28124-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>,
Mark Hahn <hahn@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>> Kernel 2.4.1-pre11 and pre12 are both massively slower than 2.4.0 on the
>> same machine, compiled with the same options. The machine is a Athlon
>> 900 on a KT133 chipset. The slowdown is noticealbe in all areas...
>
>this is known: Linus decreed that, since two people reported
>disk corruption on VIA, any machine with a VIA southbridge
>must boot in stupid 1992 mode (PIO). (yes, it might be possible
>to boot with ide=autodma or something, but who would guess?)
>
>Linus: I hope you don't consider this a releasable state!
>VIA now owns 40% of the chipset market...
So find somebody who can figure out why the corruption happens, and I'll
be really happy with a patch that fixes it. In the meantime,
"releaseable" very much means that we did _everything_ possible to make
sure that people don't screw their disks over.
You have to realize that stability takes precedence over EVERYTHING.
Linus
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-30 7:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-30 1:59 *massive* slowdowns on 2.4.1-pre1[1|2] David Riley
2001-01-30 2:05 ` Mark Hahn
2001-01-30 7:17 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2001-01-30 8:27 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-01-30 11:14 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-01-30 22:21 ` David Riley
2001-01-30 13:18 ` Tobias Ringstrom
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2001-01-30 2:06 Grover, Andrew
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