> just to make a quick test, can you try an hack like this combined with a
> setting of elvtune -r 128 -w 256 on top of 2.4.20rc1?
>
> --- x/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c.~1~ Sat Nov 2 19:45:33 2002
> +++ x/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c Sat Nov 16 19:44:20 2002
> @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static void blk_init_free_list(request_q
>
> si_meminfo(&si);
> megs = si.totalram >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT);
> - nr_requests = 128;
> + nr_requests = 16;
> if (megs < 32)
> nr_requests /= 2;
> blk_grow_request_list(q, nr_requests);
hehe, Andrea, it seem's we both think of the same ... :-) ... I am just
recompiling the kernel ... hang on.
ciao, Marc
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