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From: Kaitlyn Luna on 27 Jan 2008 13:50
Actually, Win2000 doesn't do any better so we can't blame Gnome or the
video drivers. This system never performs better than sluggish.

Debian etch
Supermicro P6DGE, Intel 440GX chipset
Dual P3 600 Katmai
3*256M PC100, regular latency, unbuffered, non-ECC, non-parity
Compaq branded GeForce3 Ti500 AGP, free drivers
generic Sil3112 PATA+SATA card
WD 120G 7200rpm PATA 8M buffer
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card
SMC 1211TX 10/100 NIC
CompUSA branded VIA 6202 USB 2.0 PCI card
/dev/hda = Sony DVD-ROM + CD-RW drive
/dev/hdb = Sony CD-RW drive
/dev/hdc,hdd=nothing
Mouse and kbd are PS/2
Only ISA card is a POST code card
UPS is the only USB device always present
From: Måns Rullgård on 27 Jan 2008 13:53
Kaitlyn Luna <Kaitlyn(a)127.0.0.1> writes:

> Actually, Win2000 doesn't do any better so we can't blame Gnome or the
> video drivers. This system never performs better than sluggish.
>
> Dual P3 600 Katmai
> 3*256M PC100, regular latency, unbuffered, non-ECC, non-parity

Is this a joke? That hardware will appear sluggish compared to
anything sold in the last 3 or 4 years, at least.

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From: Anton Ertl on 27 Jan 2008 14:08
Kaitlyn Luna <Kaitlyn(a)127.0.0.1> writes:
>Actually, Win2000 doesn't do any better so we can't blame Gnome or the
>video drivers. This system never performs better than sluggish.
....
>Dual P3 600 Katmai

In its day the 600Mhz Katmai was known for running relatively hot,
with the overheating protection activating occasionally in regular
use, resulting in slowdowns. If your heatsinks have collected dust,
maybe the overheating protection is active most of the time.

>generic Sil3112 PATA+SATA card
>WD 120G 7200rpm PATA 8M buffer
....
>/dev/hda = Sony DVD-ROM + CD-RW drive
>/dev/hdb = Sony CD-RW drive
>/dev/hdc,hdd=nothing

Why not use the hard disk on the built-in PATA ports? Is the hard
disk accessed using DMA?

- anton
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From: Kaitlyn Luna on 27 Jan 2008 15:02
anton(a)mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote in
news:2008Jan27.200817(a)mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at:

> Why not use the hard disk on the built-in PATA ports? Is the hard
> disk accessed using DMA?

The motherboard's PATA support is limited to 8.4G.

I can't tell for sure if DMA is being used.
ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
ata2.00: ATA-6: WDC WD1200JB-00DUA0, 65.13G65, max UDMA/100
ata2.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
ata2.00: applying bridge limits
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD1200JB-00D 65.1 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5

cat /proc/dma
2: floppy
4: cascade
From: Måns Rullgård on 27 Jan 2008 15:50
Kaitlyn Luna <Kaitlyn(a)127.0.0.1> writes:

> anton(a)mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote in
> news:2008Jan27.200817(a)mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at:
>
>> Why not use the hard disk on the built-in PATA ports? Is the hard
>> disk accessed using DMA?
>
> The motherboard's PATA support is limited to 8.4G.
>
> I can't tell for sure if DMA is being used.
> [...]
> ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100

This line says it's using DMA.

Seriously though, why are you using such antiquated hardware? You
could probably get something better for free if you asked around a
bit.

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M�ns Rullg�rd
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