From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 25 21:45:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ADD716A41F for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:45:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from ylpvm29.prodigy.net (ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE61843D45 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:45:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.218]) by ylpvm29.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7PLir4u014937 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:44:54 -0400 X-ORBL: [66.139.109.225] Received: from [192.168.1.25] (ppp-66-139-109-225.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [66.139.109.225]) by pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.4 outbound domainkey aix/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7PLixtT159070; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:45:00 -0400 Message-ID: <430E3BDB.5040600@mkproductions.org> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:44:59 -0500 From: Mark Kane User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050816) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Smith References: <430D3823.9070301@mkproductions.org> <20050825160909.GB10134@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430DF015.5000203@mkproductions.org> <20050825173758.GA10790@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430E0461.3030101@mkproductions.org> <20050825181931.GE10790@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430E105D.3080509@mkproductions.org> <20050825200838.GA18166@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430E294C.2080207@mkproductions.org> <20050825213846.GA715@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050825213846.GA715@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance Issues with AMD64 3000+, 1.5GB RAM, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:45:04 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: > Have you checked (with 'atacontrol mode ') that both drives are > indeed using DMA? amd64# atacontrol mode 0 Master = UDMA133 [200GB w/ FreeBSD] Slave = BIOSPIO amd64# atacontrol mode 1 Master = BIOSPIO Slave = PIO4 [Sony DRU500A DVD+RW] amd64# atacontrol mode 4 Master = UDMA133 [200GB Storage] Slave = BIOSPIO amd64# atacontrol mode 5 Master = UDMA133 [160GB Storage] Slave = BIOSPIO amd64# atacontrol mode 6 Master = UDMA133 [80GB Storage] Slave = BIOSPIO amd64# atacontrol mode 7 Master = UDMA133 [80GB Storage] Slave = BIOSPIO >>Looks like it is the network card. Would disabling that in the BIOS mess >>anything up in FreeBSD? With it disabled I couldn't test the streaming, >>but could try playing files. > > > I don't really see how, other than having no network. :-) > > If you have a spare machine, you could even try the 6.0 beta release, > and see if that solves the problem. Okay, I may try that later then. STABLE is just about done on that Athlon XP 2000+ machine. As for 6.0, I did try it on another drive when I was still troubleshooting the DMA stuff. It however introduced new problems such as panics and my ethernet controller was no longer recognized. -Mark