Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-08-04 Thread Bill Gatliff
Ross Burton wrote: > I've been using this kernel for some time on my N2100 now, and the > improvement in disk IO performance is substantial. I'd love to see this > merged into lenny's kernel but I realise I should have sent this email a > few weeks ago for that to be in any way possible... hedges

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-08-04 Thread Ross Burton
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 22:37 +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: > > i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very > > limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's > > core purpose, being a high

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-06-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Arnaud Patard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-09 13:57]: > imho, it's not only a matter of having someone from the community > working on that. iirc, the patches were not really well perceived when > sent to l-a-k. There was some "hey' don't do that" but nobody helped in > finding a way to solve the

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-06-09 Thread Rtp
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > * Uwe Holz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-09 10:17]: >> is there any estimation, when changes will touch base in a regular >> kernel release? > > Probably not soon, if ever. These patches don't appear to be high > priority for Intel, especially no

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-06-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Uwe Holz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-09 10:17]: > is there any estimation, when changes will touch base in a regular > kernel release? Probably not soon, if ever. These patches don't appear to be high priority for Intel, especially now that the IOP32x chip will reach its end of life at the end

RE: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-06-09 Thread Uwe Holz
Hi, is there any estimation, when changes will touch base in a regular kernel release? Regards Uwe On 11 Mai, 23:20, Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Mikhail Gusarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-12 02:43]: > > > MM> Still no progress, but I just made 2.6.25 kernels available with

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-05-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Mikhail Gusarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-12 02:43]: > MM> Still no progress, but I just made 2.6.25 kernels available with > MM> the DMA patches applied. > Can you publish source package too, to make it easier to build the > kernel for armel? Download the linux-2.6 source from unstable (*)

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-05-11 Thread Mikhail Gusarov
Twas brillig at 22:37:21 09.05.2008 UTC+02 when Martin Michlmayr did gyre and gimble: MM> Still no progress, but I just made 2.6.25 kernels available with MM> the DMA patches applied. Can you publish source package too, to make it easier to build the kernel for armel? -- pgpDltT0UGkaz.pgp

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-05-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: > i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very > limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's > core purpose, being a high performance nas device in a gbit lan. even my > slug seems to have

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-29 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Martin Michlmayr schrieb: * Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-29 14:56]: Odd, they definitely sped up things here (on N2100). Could you send me your .config for N2100? I've attached a config file, but basically, you just need to enable the DMA engine and the options that the pat

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-29 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-29 14:56]: >> Odd, they definitely sped up things here (on N2100). > Could you send me your .config for N2100? I've attached a config file, but basically, you just need to enable the DMA engine and the options that the patches add. -- Martin Mich

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-29 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Martin Michlmayr schrieb: * Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-29 14:36]: Last time I tried those patches on N4100, which should be similar, (2.6.23-iop series, and every earlier release) disk performance was still very poor. Odd, they definitely sped up things here (on N2100).

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-29 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-29 14:36]: > Last time I tried those patches on N4100, which should be similar, > (2.6.23-iop series, and every earlier release) disk performance was > still very poor. Odd, they definitely sped up things here (on N2100). -- Martin Michlmayr http

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-29 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Martin Michlmayr schrieb: * Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 13:23]: Are these patches the same as those on http://sf.net/projects/xscaleiop or is it something different? Yeah, the patches are in there. Also look for Dan William's mail to linux-arm-kernel a few weeks ago whe

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-24 Thread Rtp
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > * Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: >> i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very >> limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's >> core purpose, being a high performance

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 13:23]: > Are these patches the same as those on > http://sf.net/projects/xscaleiop or is it something different? Yeah, the patches are in there. Also look for Dan William's mail to linux-arm-kernel a few weeks ago where he submitted the DMA re

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-24 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Martin Michlmayr schrieb: * Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's core purpose, being a high performance nas device in a gbit lan. even m

Re: Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Markus Lindenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-24 12:58]: > i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very > limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's > core purpose, being a high performance nas device in a gbit lan. even my > slug seems to have

Progress on Bug#444271 / N2100 disk performance

2008-04-24 Thread Markus Lindenberg
Hi, i wonder if there's any progress on this one. i consider this a very limiting issue, as it renders my n2100 almost unusable regarding it's core purpose, being a high performance nas device in a gbit lan. even my slug seems to have a better disk performance. i know i could go back to thecus fir