Well, to complete the set of information finally: I am using a an Epox Mainboard: EP-8KHA+ With a VIA KT266A AGPset (KT266A+ VT8233) Chipset.
When testing with the new 2.6.0-test Kernel, I saw with top: System idle about 1 or 2 %, Wait-IO nearly 100%. -- Today is Sweetmorn, the 50th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3169 Celebrate Confuflux
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