Linus Torvalds wrote: { On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Grant Coady wrote: > > Executive Summary
Btw, can you try this same thing (or at least a subset) with a large file on a filesystem? Does that show the same pattern, or is it always just the raw device? } Linus, Cat /dev/hda > /dev/null and cat /tmp/tst.dsk > /dev/null show the same symptoms. The problem shows most when the cpu is slow and the hd is fast. When the cpu is fast and the hd is slow the cpu will make up for lost cycles and the problem will not show! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/