Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Severity: important Several users of Debian on Thecus N2100 have reported (see [1] and [2]) that their hard drive performance goes down significantly after moving from the original firmware to Debian.
It goes from something like: | Timing cached reads: 424 MB in 2.00 seconds = 212.00 MB/sec | Timing buffered disk reads: 158 MB in 3.01 seconds = 52.49 MB/sec down to: | Timing cached reads: 60 MB in 2.00 seconds = 29.95 MB/sec | Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.07 seconds = 19.53 MB/sec This also happens with 2.6.23. I found that Intel has some patches for the DMA engine that are required to get the original speed. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2007/09/msg00088.html [2] http://thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=modifications&thread=1186052573 -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
