Messages in this thread | | | From | (Linus Torvalds) | Subject | Re: *massive* slowdowns on 2.4.1-pre1[1|2] | Date | 29 Jan 2001 23:17:58 -0800 |
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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.
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