From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Nov 5 17:28: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel1.hp.com (atlrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8DF14BF4 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:28:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by atlrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E663864; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:26:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA17339; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:26:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA14109; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:26:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911060126.RAA14109@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD? Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:43:04 PST." <14371.31128.555758.487534@guru.phone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:26:31 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Meyer wrote: > Darryl Okahata writes: > ;-> Are you using softupdates and DMA? While SCSI is great, you really > ;->need multiple drives to take full advantage of SCSI. With your typical > ;->1- or 2-drive system, IDE drives shouldn't be significantly slower than > ;->SCSI. > > My tests show different - see http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/disktest/disktest.html >. If there's > something I can do to improve the performance of the IDE drive, I'd > love to hear it. Did you explicitly configure your kernel to enable DMA? I couldn't find any mention of that on your page. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message