[cod] Stable + Quirkiness, and a status update if you can :D

[Matthew]

Yeap, Debian user here, however only one of the boxes my servers are 
running on is debian, and prolly the most used server too...

troubles with setting using_dma 1 is that it's a SATA drive, and alst 
time i tried that... Kernel Panic :/

Andre Lorbach wrote:

>Do you run Debian? 
>I had simular problems in the past because my kernel was to old and
>couldn't handle DMA mode for the harddisk correctly. What happened then
>was, the harddisk was running in PIO Mode. 
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>For those you don't know what this is, it's a prehistoric how DIE
>harddisks worked, and it is really bad for performance. This access
>causes 99% Kernel CPU usage which can then cause spikes. 
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>You can verify by using this command: 
>hdparm -d /dev/hda
>It should show "using_dma = 1 (on)"
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>If you don't have hdparm use "apt-get install hdparm" to install it. 
>
>Regards,
>deltaray
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew [mailto:Tali at heavenly-existance.net] 
>>Sent: Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2004 20:05
>>To: cod at icculus.org
>>Subject: [cod] Stable + Quirkiness, and a status update if you can :D
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>>Im gonna top post and i know it's evil but anyway...
>>been running 1.41d, and it has been preety stable even with 
>>vehicle's enabled....
>>However I doo see the odd quirkiness every now and then, also 
>>as posted further up the list which is currently lost in all 
>>the banter, is there any status report on how you guys are 
>>doing with 1.41e? (or u guys upto an internal build of  m or 
>>n now? :P)
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>>The only quirkiness ig et is while peopel are racing around 
>>in the jeeps etc, everynow and then out of no where it seems 
>>to just "spike" teh cpu usage for about 3 seconds (lags every 
>>other server on teh same box) and then goes back to normal 
>>for another 10 minute's.
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>>A status would be nice as it has been some time since i've 
>>heard anything, just would liek to know you guys are still 
>>working nicely on it :D Hate to think everyone is sticking 
>>around for something that wont appear :P
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>>p.s. Someone said it may be a good idea to post this seperate.
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