"Eloy A. Paris" wrote:
> I have seen this in several of my boxes with IDE disks. The problem
> has always been that, by default, Linux disables serial port
> interrupts while writing/reading to IDE disks. Use the hdparm utility
> to tell Linux to not disable serial port interrupts while accesing the
> disk and see if that helps.
>
> peloy.-
>
> Scott Dudley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm running pppd 2.3.3 on a P166 with 48MB RAM running RH 5.1 (kernel
> > 2.0.34). Yes, I know I need to upgrade but patiently waiting for 6.0
> > (2.2 kernel).
> >
> > Just installed Vmware (http://www.vmware.com), the 80x86 emulator.
> > Don't know how many of you have played with it but it smokes! I now
> > have windows nt4 running in a box as an application under Linux where it
> > belongs. Now, when I get a blue screen of death, I simply restart the
> > emulator. The rest of my environment is unaffected.
> >
> > So much for the rhetoric... I've observed that when vmware is running,
> > that my ppp connection goes to hell. I'm seeing 50%+ packet loss.
> > Could this be because the emulator is tasking resources (CPU, RAM,
> > etc.)?
> >
> > If I shut it the emulator down, all is well.
I have "hdparm -u1 /dev/hd[abc]" running in rc.local. I likewise use
irqtune to give ttyS1 (ppp port) highest interrupt priority. Connections are
fast, except when running Vmware when I always experience 50%+ packet loss.
Any other takers???
Thanks.
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