Linux-Hardware Digest #527, Volume #13 Mon, 4 Sep 00 16:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Elite CMI 8738 Chip modem configuration and RH 6.2 (Edward Lee)
Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill (Murray
Eisenberg)
PCTel Micromodem (Paul Pygeon)
Re: MPEG decoding in hardware? (Edward Lee)
RH6.0 machine connection lost after unplug from switch ("Zhenlei Cai")
Re: Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem (Edward Lee)
Re: PCTel Micromodem (Edward Lee)
Sound galaxy (Puchong)
Driver for printing to a multifunction machine? (Daniel)
Re: Modem configuration question... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP CD-writer 9200Series (SCSI) HP ScanJet 4p (SCSI) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP 9200 SCSI drivers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMP Performance? (Beggar)
SMP Performance? (Beggar)
ISO ? (Martin Racette)
Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs? (mike)
Printer for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: first came linux, then came a promise ultra66... (Ruediger Arp)
Kernel Config File. (AAA)
Epson Color Stylus 760 and Linux (Fulton B. Gonzalez)
Trouble activating eth0 (AAA)
Problem with SMP kernel on Tekram motherboard (Brian Shea)
Re: SMP Performance? (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: SMP Performance? (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Justo M. Casablanca)
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Elite CMI 8738 Chip modem configuration and RH 6.2
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 03:16:39 -0700
David Yeung wrote:
> Does anyone know how to configure the internal modem in the CMI 8738 chip
> running RedHat 6.2.
>
> Thanks
>
> david
Download the CMI8738 (sound) and PCT0211 (modem) modules at
http://linnix.com.
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 13:06:29 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill
Just because a video TEST mode bombs does not necessarily mean that that
resolution + scan rates won't satisfactorily and safely get installed!
This happened with me on an older PC with a Number Nine Imagine 128
video card (4 MB VRAM). When I did an out-of-the-box installation of
Red Hat 6.2 (selecting Gnome workstation) and specified 1024 x 768 with
the range of H and V frequencies allowed by the card and my monitor,
running the test of the Linux installation froze the computer. But
restarting the whole thing and just going ahead and continuing without
testing was fine.
Beware, though, that you must be sure you are giving correct
parameters. Otherwise, you could damage hardware!
AGP wrote:
>
> well mines is an ELSA Erazor x2 GeForce chipset) and i tried
> to use the SVGA of the X server on TurboLinux 6.0 release. i chose
> all possible resolutions and the video test mode bombed on all of them.
> Im not sure that TL has "generic geforce" but i will check. anyway, my mobo
> took a dump. i dont know if it was because of the 10th attempt at installing
> this OS or what but it just took a dump.
>
> --
>
> *******************************************************************
> Please remove the spam killer in my email address before
> replying to via email.
> *******************************************************************
>
> Robert Andrew Bell wrote in message ...
> >The 3d Nvidia drivers are only needed if you want full access to the 3d
> >capabilities of the Geforce card. During your initial install of Linux you
> >must make sure that the svga server package is installed. Once you get into
> >the XFree86 setup screen select 'Card' from the top menu and you should see
> >a window with a bunch of video card names, scroll down and select Generic
> >Geforce and then select 'Monitor' from the top menu and select your monitor
> >type from the list or manually enter the vertical and horizontal
> frequencies
> >for your monitor.Finally select the last menu item and select done and it
> >should test to see if your X server will come up,if it does then you can
> >select save configuration and reboot. You could also just do text based
> >install (say no to X configuration during install) and then once you have a
> >running system you can setup X by running either xf86config (text) or
> >XF86Setup (graphical) which would allow you to install a newer version of
> >XFree86 before doing the configuration. Also, if you want a more automated
> >hands off installation then try Mandrake 7.1, it's very good at setting up
> >hardware and will set up a very nice gui with very little effort.Anyway, I
> >hope I've been of some help as I'm not too good at expaining things ( I
> know
> >what I want to say but I'm not very good at writing it down)
> >
> >Rob.
> >
> >
> >"Murray Eisenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Be gentle...I'm a Linux newbie...
> >>
> >> To do a RH 6.2 Gnome workstation installation, one normally uses a
> >> graphical interface as I recall (from an installation on an older PC).
> >> But if one has to get 3rd party video drivers, how can one bootstrap the
> >> whole process?
> >>
> >> I just don't understand something here! Can you point me in the right
> >> direction.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> Robert Andrew Bell wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi, I'm not sure what your problem is but any distro using XFree86
> >3.3.x
> >> > and above has generic support for Geforce256 & ddr but you must install
> >the
> >> > svga server during your initial installation. I've used a Prophet 256
> >with
> >> > Slackware 7.0 & 7.1, Mandrake 7.0 $ 7.1 and FreeBSD 4.1 all with no
> >problems
> >> > what-so-ever. If you want to use Nvidia's latest 3d drivers then you
> >will
> >> > need to install XFree86 4.0.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Murray Eisenberg e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Mathematics & Statistics phone: 413/545-2859 (W)
> >> University of Massachusetts 413/549-1020 (H)
> >> Amherst, MA 01003-4515
> >
> >
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: Paul Pygeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCTel Micromodem
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 13:21:50 -0400
Hi,
I have PCTel Micromodem HSP56. I've downloaded files
on linmodems.org for this modem. After installation of
pctel module, I can't use my modem with Minicom and
everything works fine.
When I try to use Kppp, ppp deamon is killed after
connection and modem don't want to reset.
When I use setserial /dev/modem I have:
UART: 16950/954, Port: 0xec00, IRQ: 2
but modprobe pctel return nothing at all.
Maybe someone can help to configure my
winmodem?
Bye
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MPEG decoding in hardware?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 10:32:05 -0700
Al Cohen wrote:
> I would like to write an app under Linux that displays MPEG videos. If I
> were to do this under Windows, for best performance I'd purchase a video
> card with on-board MPEG decoding hardware. The Windows drivers recognize
> the hardware support, and ship the MPEG data to the card for decoding.
>
> While I know that some video cards with on-board MPEG decoding hardware do
> support Linux, I'm wondering if the on-board MPEG decoding hardware is
> utilized by Linux? Or will I need to decode in software?
I assume that you would be interested in playing DVD as well. In that case,
sound decoding (AC3) is more of a problem (heavy CPU power). Most hardware
decoder can't handle AC3 or even MPEG sound. That's why I am playing with the
NIST software decoder. Even with heavy optimizations (MMX and 3Dnow), the
only working setup is a dual PII 350 (MMX). A K6-2 500 (MMX and 3Dnow) is
close but not quite enough. Please email me if you need more details.
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From: "Zhenlei Cai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.0 machine connection lost after unplug from switch
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:32:49 -0400
Hi:
I have a D-Link DSS-8+ switch and a RH6.2 BP6 dual Celeron PC. The switch
has a NFS file server and another Windows PC already plugged in. If I boot
the RH6.2 PC with its ethernet cable
unconnected, then plug the cable into the switch, then the switch will
recognize the PC and the PC
will be connected to the LAN and NFS mounted correctly. But if I now unplug
the RH6.2 PC, then
plug it back in again, the PC's LAN connection is lost, can't ping or be
pinged.
Rebooting the PC will hang when unmounting NFS, I have to use a hard reset.
I tried the same on my Win98 PC (unplug first then plug back), there's no
such problem (the PC will be.
connected once it's plugged in). Any clues? Thanks!
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 10:39:58 -0700
Thomas Corriher wrote:
>
> I don't think there is any sound support with this driver.
> I think you are S.O.L..
>
Not so, I got dialing sound up to connected state with my Toshiba laptop
(ess1978 and ltw0441). However, I could not help the original poster
with the same sound and modem chips in a Micron laptop.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCTel Micromodem
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 10:49:05 -0700
Paul Pygeon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have PCTel Micromodem HSP56. I've downloaded files
> on linmodems.org for this modem. After installation of
> pctel module, I can't use my modem with Minicom and
> everything works fine.
>
> When I try to use Kppp, ppp deamon is killed after
> connection and modem don't want to reset.
>
Sound like a version mismatch. What version of Linux and Pctel are you
running?
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From: Puchong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound galaxy
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 00:04:08 +0700
I'm looking for a driver for set up card sound galaxy: waverider pro
32-3d that is Aztech product. chip is 2316R
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for printing to a multifunction machine?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 11:18:57 -0700
Anyone know how to set up linux to print to a multifunction machine? I
have a Brother MFC MFC-6550mc hooked to lpt1 on my pc. The generic
postscript and HP laserjet printer drivers don't work.
Thanks,
Daniel
--
To reply to me directly, please remove "ANTISPAM" from the reply-to
email address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Modem configuration question...
Date: 4 Sep 2000 14:27:39 -0400
Sid Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I get ttyS2 is locked message..
Unlock it? Often programmes will "lock" your modem (so that other
programmes see the lock and don't try to use it). If you crash minicom, it
will leave it locked. Or another programme may have done so. At least for
minicom, the lock file is in (well, on my system) /var/lock/ and the file
is LCK..modem. If you have such a file, delete it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP CD-writer 9200Series (SCSI) HP ScanJet 4p (SCSI)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:24:03 GMT
How to get those two things working under Linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP 9200 SCSI drivers
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:21:19 GMT
How to make HP CD Wrtier Plus 9200 Series (SCSI)
(external) and HP Scanjet 4P (SCSI) work under
Red Hat 6.2.
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From: Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: SMP Performance?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 02:25:28 +0800
Hi all,
I want to ask what's the performance of SMP on Linux compare to Win
NT/2000?
My application is mostly Java native thread that will spawn around 3-400
threads.
And I think that most of the CPU time in single CPU is waste in context
switching.
Will SMP benefit in this case?
How much should I expect will increase when using SMP in Linux?? Is it
worth for SMP or should I setup two mahines for load balancing??
Thanks!!
Dicky
------------------------------
From: Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: SMP Performance?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 02:25:28 +0800
Hi all,
I want to ask what's the performance of SMP on Linux compare to Win
NT/2000?
My application is mostly Java native thread that will spawn around 3-400
threads.
And I think that most of the CPU time in single CPU is waste in context
switching.
Will SMP benefit in this case?
How much should I expect will increase when using SMP in Linux?? Is it
worth for SMP or should I setup two mahines for load balancing??
Thanks!!
Dicky
------------------------------
From: Martin Racette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISO ?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:44:36 GMT
Hi guys,
I'm using Mandrake 7.1, and I would like to burn some ISO files, but I=20
can't find how to do that, I tried KISOCD, and XCDROAST, and I can't=20
get them to write the files, it only write the ISO as a single file on=20
the CD
Thank you in advance
Merci a l'avance
Martin
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 15:01:16 -0400
Hi Steve,
I was wondering if you can boot from a floppy. If you can I would
try to get the new Lilo. I think it is version 21.5. It is available from
ftp://ftp.metalab.org . All you have to do is untar it, I believe, in the
/usr/src
directory and go in to the new directory it just created and do QuickInstall
It will compile and install it. It asks you questions along the way. I had to
add
lba32 to the lilo.conf file to accept my new 20 gb WD hard drive. I also
changed the delay factor from 5 to 50 to be able to have more time
to press the shift key on boot up to see the lilo menu. In my old computer
whos bios wouldn't accept a large hard drive I added a Promise DriveMAX
card that extends the bios to recognize up to 132 gb of hard drive.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Printer for Linux
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:58:50 GMT
I would like to get myself a good printer for Linux, but I haven't ran
across any comparisons or the like as of yet. I am most
interested in excellent b&w output with good speed. Color is not a
must, but I wouldn't mind it. The biggest priority, though, is that the
Linux support is rock solid -- therefore I've been thinking about
getting a printer that has native PostScript.
I am willing to spend up to $500, but I am also very interested in
cheaper solutions that fit my needs. I have looked into some of
HP's printers and found that the DeskJet 1220C/PS would be
great, but it's a little too much and I don't need the large page
abilities it has.
Any suggestions? Any pages that compare printers for Linux?
Thanks,
Nick
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From: Ruediger Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: first came linux, then came a promise ultra66...
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:07:55 GMT
try this
http://www.promise.com/latest/latedrivers.htm
It might help, though they have RH 6.0 drivers only on their page...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 04.09.00, 17:57:43, schrieb "Karl D. Agee, CIH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
zum=20
Thema first came linux, then came a promise ultra66...:
> Greetings, I gather the only way to make this card work properly with =
a
> linux system already installed (Linux came first, then the promise car=
d)=20
is
> to compile a new kernel and patch it, correct?
> or, do I need to do a fresh install?? 8-(
> I am running linux-mandrake 7.1, orig kernel is 2.2.15-4mdk
> --karl
> --
> -----------------------------------------
> Remember to visit my web site: http://www.geocities.com/soho/museum/6=
257
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From: AAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Config File.
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:20:13 GMT
Hello,
My question deals with compiling the kernel on RH 6.2. You have the
option to save configuration after doing make config or make xconfig
into a file. Where would the file corresponding to your installed
kernel (When you first install the system after selecting either custom
or KDE or GNOME workstation or server) be. In other words, after you do
the install, does the system keep the config file corresponding to your
kernel somewhere on the system so for later if you just want to modify
that as opposed to rebuilding the kernel from scratch and risk
destroying some features that you hav (Sound in my case)?
Thanks
Ahmed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Fulton B. Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Color Stylus 760 and Linux
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:21:47 GMT
I'm having a problem configuring this printer under Red Hat 6.2. The printer
configuration tool doesn't have this printer among its list; if I choose the
Epson 740 (presumably its closest relative), I can't seem to get anything
printed out. If anyone has gotten this printer to work under Linux, and would
like to share how they did it, I would appreciate the help!
Fulton B. Gonzalez
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From: AAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble activating eth0
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:23:30 GMT
Hello,
When I installed my RH 6.2 system, I selected that eth0 be
configured at boot time via DHCP since I have a cable modem. Then when
I am done with using the internet, I simply turn off the connection with
pump -r, and re-establish it with pump -i eth0. All of a sudden (OR
I don't remember what I did), I can do pump -r and bring down the
connection, but I can't re-establish it anymore with pump -i eth0,
I actually have to re-boot to get the connection re-established, it's a
bit annoying simply because currently I don' t have a firewall and I
have to turn off my connection when I am away from my system, and turn
it back on when I come back.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks
Ahmed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Brian Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Problem with SMP kernel on Tekram motherboard
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 15:31:56 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running Redhat 6.2 kernel version 2.2.14-5.0smp and get this
message before the system locks up.
hda: lost interrupt
This ONLY happens in SMP, I have been using single processor kernel for
two days and have not had the problem. I first noticed the problem when
i tried to recompile the modules for smp kernel running the smp kernel
to test the speed. After the hard drive stoped thrashing that message
was displayed.
I amagine it has something to do the the interrupt mapping but I have no
experience with smp programming. It only does this in the smp kernel.
I read the IO-APIC document and it explanes how to exclude pci irq's
connected to the apic but I not sure this is the problem.
I have read a couple of the how-to' s and seached redhats sight but have
found nothing.
I have posted this message on news://comp.os.linux.development.system
and news://comp.os.linux.hardware because i don't know who to tell.
System Info
Motherboard: Tekram P6B40D-A5
Memory: 256MB
hda: Maxtor 11.9GB
hdb: ZipDrive (100MB)
hdc: Yamaha CDRW
hdd: Atapi 40x cdrom
lspci >
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
(rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
(rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev
20)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8029(AS)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10000
(rev 04)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TNT2 Ultra
(rev 11)
cat /proc/cpuinfo > (single cpu mode, processor 1 not shown)
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 534.558811
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
bogomips : 532.48
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SMP Performance?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 21:32:33 +0200
SMP performacne with Linux and FreeBSD is bad! about 1.8 is the max that I
got and I wrote several parellel C programs to test it.
Windows NT gained better performance arround 1.9 to 1.95!
What you are saying is correct also for Windows infact every SMP based
system, the context switching often slows processes down.
SMP is a major bennifet when you have more threads or processes that have
alot of simulat itterations, like mathematical equations. Assoon as you
start to use IO wham bam gone
is the performance a lock is invoked cpu stops process is migrated to first
CPU to handle IO after that is done again a CPU lock is set so that both
processes are on the same instruction and then it starts to SMP again. IO
handeling is always single ended in Intel world. Unless you work with none
Intel stuff like Alpha's and Irix.
When you have the resources to use loadsharing with 2 systems and the
network latency is not a problem, in that case always choose for this.
Raymond
Beggar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to ask what's the performance of SMP on Linux compare to Win
> NT/2000?
> My application is mostly Java native thread that will spawn around 3-400
> threads.
>
> And I think that most of the CPU time in single CPU is waste in context
> switching.
> Will SMP benefit in this case?
>
> How much should I expect will increase when using SMP in Linux?? Is it
> worth for SMP or should I setup two mahines for load balancing??
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Dicky
------------------------------
From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SMP Performance?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 21:32:33 +0200
SMP performacne with Linux and FreeBSD is bad! about 1.8 is the max that I
got and I wrote several parellel C programs to test it.
Windows NT gained better performance arround 1.9 to 1.95!
What you are saying is correct also for Windows infact every SMP based
system, the context switching often slows processes down.
SMP is a major bennifet when you have more threads or processes that have
alot of simulat itterations, like mathematical equations. Assoon as you
start to use IO wham bam gone
is the performance a lock is invoked cpu stops process is migrated to first
CPU to handle IO after that is done again a CPU lock is set so that both
processes are on the same instruction and then it starts to SMP again. IO
handeling is always single ended in Intel world. Unless you work with none
Intel stuff like Alpha's and Irix.
When you have the resources to use loadsharing with 2 systems and the
network latency is not a problem, in that case always choose for this.
Raymond
Beggar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to ask what's the performance of SMP on Linux compare to Win
> NT/2000?
> My application is mostly Java native thread that will spawn around 3-400
> threads.
>
> And I think that most of the CPU time in single CPU is waste in context
> switching.
> Will SMP benefit in this case?
>
> How much should I expect will increase when using SMP in Linux?? Is it
> worth for SMP or should I setup two mahines for load balancing??
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Dicky
------------------------------
From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:31:38 GMT
> Progress!! :-)
Yeeeeeeehhhhaaawww !!!!!
> It's SAYS EPP, but I'm getting desperate. What does the BIOS say?
The BIOS says EPP and ECP compatibility. There are choices for just EPP
and just ECP exclusively.
> > Sep 3 14:34:08 localhost kernel: scsi1 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
> > Sep 3 14:34:08 localhost kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
>
> 2 hosts? One is the ZIP drive, of course. What is the other?
My 2 SCSI hosts are the zip drive and my CD burner. The CD burner is not
actually a SCSI device, but I have to tell Linux it is a SCSI device in
order to get cdrecord to recognize it (for reference, see the "CD Writing
HOW-TO" at www.linuxdocs.org).
> Well this is boot time. Was there a disk in the drive?
Nope, no disk in the drive, so I was not expecting a mount at boot-time.
> What modules are loaded at the time? You need:
>
> scsi_core
> sd_mod
> ppa
> parport
> parport_pc
>
> Please indicate which of these modules (if any) are compiled into the
> kernel, and whether you have any other SCSI devices in your system.
The following modules are loaded manually in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
ppa, parport, parport_pc. Typing 'lsmod' at the command-line confirms
that they are loaded. The scsi_core and sd_mod modules cannot be found
in /lib/modules/<kernel version #>/*/, so I am assuming they were compiled
into the kernel. I do not compile my own kernel. Rather, I apply whatever
kernel updates are posted at the Red Hat web site. Currently, Red Hat's
latest kernel update is version 2.2.16-3. In other words, how do I tell
if scsi_core and sd_mod were compiled into the kernel, other than the fact
that they are notto be found in /lib/modules/<kernel version #>/*/ ?
Here's another 'twister'. Whenever I try to mount the zip drive (i.e.
mount /mnt/cdrom), not only do I get the error messages already described,
but I am unable to eject the zip disk until I reload ppa (i.e. rmmod ppa;
insmod ppa). Don't know if this tells you anything.
Thx - Justo
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