> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, BPL Telecom wrote:
>
> >When we run the real time tasks ,the hard disk is being accessed
> >frequently. Why is this happening? Is there any way of overcoming this?
> >
> > prasad,prakash
> >
>
> Is it possible that you have a lot of printk() calls in your RT module?
>
>
I have this problem as well, probably not printk()-related.
My disk activity spikes as soon as I install the rtl "base" modules (sched,
fifo, ipc). I haven't tracked down which specifically, though.
I also get busy errors on the HD occasionally (a couple a
day) in the log. My drive won't do DMA, though (!!).
-D
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