Messages in this thread | | | From | (John Covici) | Subject | Re: PPP and disk activity | Date | Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:54:16 -0400 |
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I am using a 2.2.10 kernel and I get error in vj decompression when there is disk activity on my Linux box. I have unmasked interrupts and its better, but not too good -- anyway I can make the irq of the modem get a priority or something like that?
on Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:25:13 +0200 Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> in <19990813182513.A602@image.dk> wrote: >On Fri, Aug 13 1999, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: >> I have weird behaviour in my "router"-box (p120, 96mt ram, ide disks, >> linux 2.0.37). The box is masquerade-router for a couple of workstations >> (Linux too). So, The router-box has PPP-connection to my ISP and >> everything works OK if I do not have disk activity on the router-box. >> >> For example, if I copy/move big files on the local disks of the router-box >> the PPP-connection seems to freeze for that time.. While copying the files >> on the router-box I get over 80% packet loss when pinging some >> internet-server from the workstations (masquerade) at the time while the >> router-box has disk-activity. >> >> As well, I'm not able to take ssh connections while the router-box has >> disk-activity.. immediately after the disk-activity stops , ssh connection >> is enabled. What's wrong? > >I'm guessing that you have IDE disks in the server. Try unmasking >interrupts with hdparm (-u). > >-- >* Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> >* Linux CD-ROM Maintainer >* http://www.kernel.dk > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-- John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com
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