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SubjectRe: HD access sluggish in 2.6.0
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:57:05PM -0600, Yun Zhou wrote:
> I'm using a system with 1HD (DC WD600BB-00CAA1 60 GB) using kernel 2.6.0.
> Whenever the system uses the disk extensively (copying a file, untarring,
> etc.), it grinds to a near halt, with the CPU usage at about 100%, even for a
> simple copying operation.

Please show the output of hdparm /dev/hda:
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 117210240, start = 0

You will probably see using_dma = 0 there. This in turn probably means you
did not compile in the right IDE driver. Try hdparm -d1 /dev/hda, and/or
recompile your kernel.

> This problem is not present when using 2.4.22, nor any of the 2.4 series
> kernels that I've tried. Does anyone know what is causing this?

You did not specify any details of your kernel compile so it is hard to
tell.


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