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Re: slow performance with 2.4.19 and debian

To: "Corey G." <ctgaff@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: slow performance with 2.4.19 and debian
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: 25 Sep 2002 17:07:16 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20020925220246.GA5963@attbi.com>
References: <20020925220246.GA5963@attbi.com>
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Where did your 2.4.18 xfs patch come from?  From debian, or from
xfs-1.1, or...?  Just trying to see where you started.

-Eric

On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 17:02, Corey G. wrote:
> I am currently running Debian, 3.0 (woody) and when I install, and patch
> kernel 2.4.19 I notice a very large degradation in performance.  For
> instance, the Mozilla tarball takes 118s to untar (non-verbose) with
> kernel 2.4.18.  When I install 2.4.19 it takes around 240s to untar.  I
> also notice the box is having problems relinquishing resouces during
> heavy IO operations.  The mouse jumps and the screen is quite slow with 
> refresh problems during decompression of files and opening of tarballs.
> As soon as I reboot back to 2.4.18 everything is okay.  Could I have 
> run into a compatibility issue with Debian or have forgotten
> a key component in the kernel config file?
> 
> 
> please reply to: ctgaff@xxxxxxxxx

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