Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2000 23:58:57 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.14 feels slow and non-interactive. |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:57:42 +0000 (GMT) >From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> >To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> >Cc: Mike A. Harris <mharris@meteng.on.ca>, Jorgen Skjaanes <js@pimp.gulesider.no>, Linux Kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> >Subject: Re: 2.2.14 feels slow and non-interactive. > >> About the different behaviour between 2.2.13 and 2.2.14 there is not good >> reason in the common code as far I can tell. Also there isn't such a >> difference here. Maybe it's a device driver change? > >Im not sure 2.2.13->14 is the change, its certainly involved. The drivers/stack >havent all changed, its not a driver issue. 2.2.13 also certainly shows parts >of the behaviour. > >If you think the swapping diffs from 2.2.14aa1 will help then let me know >where to grab just the needed bits and we'll try it for 2.2.15pre4.
Attached is my .config so you can see what I'm using. Here is the output of lsmod:
4 root@asdf:/etc# lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_deflate 40548 1 (autoclean) ppp 20012 2 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] slhc 4328 1 (autoclean) [ppp] ide-scsi 7052 0 scsi_mod 37932 1 [ide-scsi] nfs 28536 3 (autoclean) lockd 30952 0 (autoclean) [nfs] sunrpc 52740 1 (autoclean) [nfs lockd] ne2k-pci 4448 1 (autoclean) 8390 6244 0 (autoclean) [ne2k-pci] ipx 12668 1 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2020 2 (autoclean) nls_cp437 3548 2 (autoclean) vfat 9180 2 (autoclean) fat 30464 2 (autoclean) [vfat] devpts 2920 1 (autoclean) opl3 11208 0 sb 33620 0 uart401 5968 0 [sb] sound 57208 0 [opl3 sb uart401] soundlow 300 0 [sound] soundcore 2372 6 [sb sound] 4 root@asdf:/etc#
I'll try the aa1 patch if you think it might help. I'll do so tonight.
Thanks. TTYL
-- Mike A. Harris Linux advocate Computer Consultant GNU advocate Capslock Consulting Open Source advocate
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http://www.freemware.org # # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit #
# # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
# # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set # CONFIG_M586 is not set CONFIG_M586TSC=y # CONFIG_M686 is not set CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_1GB=y # CONFIG_2GB is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set # CONFIG_MTRR is not set # CONFIG_SMP is not set
# # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y
# # General setup # CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y # CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS is not set # CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set # CONFIG_VISWS is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set
# # Plug and Play support # # CONFIG_PNP is not set
# # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82C586 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD646 is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m # CONFIG_MD_MIRRORING is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
# # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y CONFIG_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_FILTER=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_NETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y # CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY is not set CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MOD=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=m CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPPORTFW=m CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MFW=m # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y # CONFIG_ARPD is not set CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set CONFIG_IPX=m CONFIG_IPX_INTERN=y CONFIG_SPX=m # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_X25 is not set # CONFIG_LAPB is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # CONFIG_LLC is not set # CONFIG_ECONET is not set # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
# # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
# # Telephony Support # # CONFIG_PHONE is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
# # SCSI support # CONFIG_SCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
# # SCSI low-level drivers # # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m # CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
# # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
# # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y CONFIG_EL1=m CONFIG_EL2=m CONFIG_ELPLUS=m CONFIG_EL16=m CONFIG_EL3=m # CONFIG_3C515 is not set CONFIG_VORTEX=m # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set CONFIG_RTL8139=m CONFIG_NET_ISA=y # CONFIG_AT1700 is not set # CONFIG_E2100 is not set # CONFIG_DEPCA is not set # CONFIG_EWRK3 is not set CONFIG_EEXPRESS=m CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO=m # CONFIG_FMV18X is not set # CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS is not set # CONFIG_HPLAN is not set # CONFIG_HP100 is not set # CONFIG_ETH16I is not set CONFIG_NE2000=m # CONFIG_SEEQ8005 is not set # CONFIG_SK_G16 is not set CONFIG_NET_EISA=y CONFIG_PCNET32=m # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set CONFIG_DE4X5=m CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=m # CONFIG_DEC_ELCP_OLD is not set # CONFIG_DGRS is not set CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=m # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=m # CONFIG_TLAN is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set # CONFIG_ZNET is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set CONFIG_PLIP=m CONFIG_PPP=m # CONFIG_SLIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
# # Token ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set CONFIG_SHAPER=m
# # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set # CONFIG_COSA is not set # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set # CONFIG_COMX is not set # CONFIG_DLCI is not set # CONFIG_SBNI is not set
# # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
# # IrDA subsystem support # # CONFIG_IRDA is not set
# # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
# # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
# # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_MANY_PORTS is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ is not set CONFIG_SERIAL_DETECT_IRQ=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTIPORT is not set # CONFIG_HUB6 is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=128 CONFIG_PRINTER=m # CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK is not set # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
# # Joysticks # CONFIG_JOYSTICK=m CONFIG_JOY_ANALOG=m # CONFIG_JOY_ASSASSIN is not set CONFIG_JOY_GRAVIS=m CONFIG_JOY_LOGITECH=m CONFIG_JOY_SIDEWINDER=m CONFIG_JOY_THRUSTMASTER=m # CONFIG_JOY_CREATIVE is not set CONFIG_JOY_LIGHTNING=m # CONFIG_JOY_PCI is not set # CONFIG_JOY_MAGELLAN is not set # CONFIG_JOY_SPACEORB is not set # CONFIG_JOY_SPACEBALL is not set # CONFIG_JOY_WARRIOR is not set CONFIG_JOY_CONSOLE=m CONFIG_JOY_DB9=m CONFIG_JOY_TURBOGRAFX=m # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set CONFIG_NVRAM=m CONFIG_RTC=y
# # Video For Linux # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m # CONFIG_RADIO_RTRACK is not set CONFIG_RADIO_RTRACK2=m # CONFIG_RADIO_AZTECH is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_CADET is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_MIROPCM20 is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_TRUST is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848 is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_PMS is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA5249 is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_SF16FMI is not set # CONFIG_RADIO_TYPHOON is not set CONFIG_RADIO_ZOLTRIX=m # CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_BUZ is not set # CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# # Filesystems # CONFIG_QUOTA=y CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=m CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=m # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# # Network File Systems # CONFIG_CODA_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFSD=m # CONFIG_NFSD_SUN is not set CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_LOCKD=m CONFIG_SMB_FS=m # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# # Partition Types # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION=y # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set CONFIG_NLS=y
# # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
# # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE=m CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y # CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=m # CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set CONFIG_FBCON_VGA=m # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS=y CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y # CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_6x11 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_PEARL_8x8 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8 is not set
# # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=m # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=m CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371=m # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m # CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m # CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m # CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set
# # Additional low level sound drivers # CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y # CONFIG_ACI_MIXER is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_MSP3400 is not set CONFIG_AWE32_SYNTH=m # CONFIG_AEDSP16 is not set
# # Kernel hacking # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
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