Re: XFS "freezes" on AMD systems

[Harald Wagener <hwagener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthias Klose wrote:

> When unpacking large tarballs or copying data bigger than 20MB on a
> XFS file system, the system seems to freeze for about three to five
> seconds, HDD LEDs always on (until all caches are synced to disk?). In
> this time, you cannot move the mouse, type in characters etc. I see
> this behaviour with 2.4.18 and 2.4.19, but only on Athlon/Duron based
> systems, both using IDE drives. I don't see this type of freeze on a
> Celeron based system.
>
> Any hints how to investigate this further?
>
>  

I would rather check for the IDE chipset. Is it programmed correctly? I 
am using an Athlon at home, and it works without any problems on XFS. 
(PS: This is true for RedHat 7.1; Mandrake 8.0; gentoo-1.4).

Regards,
   Harald

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