Greetings all: I was doing some benchmark between kernels and i came out with this results, for what I can see, 2.2.17 with the ide_patch is faster, although it uses more CPU, but then again i could be wrong, any ideas? -Rodrigo 2.4.0-test10-pre3 FS=ext2 AMD v1.2 (viper) IDE DRIVE Version 1.00d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP Ono-Sendai.lin 248M 6713 98 23372 17 7515 9 6814 94 16644 12 40.4 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------RandomCreate-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 30 256 99 +++++ +++ 8282 100 258 99 +++++ +++ 1005 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.2.17-ide_patch-reiser_patch FS=ext2 Version 1.00d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP Ono-Sendai.lin 248M 6458 94 23786 19 6662 13 6941 95 17266 11 43.1 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 30 261 99 636 99 6466 99 259 99 801 100 373 57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ lspci output: 00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 7409 (rev 07) 128mb RAM /dev/hda: (western digital 20gig udma(66)) Model=WDC WD205AA, FwRev=05.05B05, SerialNo=WD-WMA0W1681543 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow) CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=40079088 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 --------------------------------------------- Webmaster of http://www.securityportal.com.ar [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ Proud member of http://www.undersec.com --------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/