Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "Daniel J Blueman" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.2.14, dirty buffers, stalls in interactivity of system/NFS-clients ... | Date | Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:19:40 +0100 |
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Bryan! (sorry to flood you + L-K with messages)
> Again, then the problem is NOT Linux, but the hardware. Because > this RAID controller is on the same PCI bus as everything else, I > really think it chokes the PCI on these massive flushes.
Another problem could be - as you point out - PCI bus saturation/flooding, starving other PCI devices (a bit at least). For this, ensure you have 'passive release' and 'delayed transaction' engaged in the server's BIOS. Although, being a branded server, these options may not be present, and on by default. This will require a reboot and visit to the BIOS setup menu, that's the only trouble. Heh.
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