Messages in this thread |  | | From | James Davies <> | Subject | Re: kswapd and system response | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:23:12 +1000 |
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 06:48, Ahmed Masud wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > hi there, > > > > every so often, my system (2.4.13 smp) gets really sloooooow. a typical <snip> > > this has been happening with the 2.4.13 kernel every couple of days. > > Hello > > I have experienced similar behaviour with kswapd/kupdated with 2.4.12 and > 2.4.13 . After much struggle, I discovered that the system had become > slugish and non-responsive because i was using the wrong IDE busmastering > and DMA drivers (VIA chipset) instead of the correct ones for my > motherboard (PROMISE chipset). If you are using IDE, then perhaps you have > something similar and are using the incorrect drivers? > > If you are indeed using IDE then suggest that you turn of busmastering all > together and give it another try. > > Ahmed.
I am having the same problem with 2.4.6. I have the VIA Drivers compiled in, which are the correct ones for my chipset. Perhaps it is a problem with the VIA Drivers? I havn't tested it with anything else.
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