Re: Slow IDE-drive with 3c59x module and network loaded

Al Goldstein n (al@nsr.bioeng.washington.edu)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:24:45 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Anders Semb Hermansen wrote:
Anders -- Have you got the latest driver for your NIC? The one in 2.1.132
is not current. I haven't checked 2.2.0-pre1.
Al

> Hello
>
> In the 2.1.x (from 2.1.128 to 2.1.131) and 2.2.0-pre1 my hard-drive (IDE)
> gets VERY slow when I start the network. It works fine with 2.0.x kernels.
>
> To tar out a file that normally takes less than a second takes over 10(!)
> seconds when the network is started.
>
> The IDE interface is a Intel 82371SB PIIX3
> The NIC is a 3com 3c905B
>
> The attached file is from 2.0.36, if you need any lspci output from newer
> 2.1.x or 2.2.0-prex kernels please say so.
>
> I'm willing to give out any other information upon request.
>
>
> Regards,
> Anders
>
> --
> Anders Semb Hermansen
> E-Mail: <ahermans@vf.telia.no>
> Cellmail: <93802837@sms.netcom.no>
>

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