Re: *massive* slowdowns on 2.4.1-pre1[1|2]

Linus Torvalds
2001-01-30T07:19:46Z

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