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

[Matthew]

Preferably not, running 2.6.<something> with a few kernal 
customisations, dont wanna screw with it as it's sitting at a nice 
uptime and lagfree server environment.. :)

Andre Lorbach wrote:

>So it is running on PIO mode :(
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>I compiled the kernel myself (my first time) by using the existing
>kernel configuration, and had a bit luck that my hoster could boot the
>machine with linuxold a few times ;). If you are risky enough I can give
>you some intructions I wrote down while I made the kernel update. I am
>running 2.4.27 now, HD running in DMA mode now ;)
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>Regards,
>deltaray
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew [mailto:Tali at heavenly-existance.net] 
>>Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 09:59
>>To: cod at icculus.org
>>Subject: Re: [cod] Stable + Quirkiness, and a status update 
>>if you can :D
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>>Yeap, Debian user here, however only one of the boxes my 
>>servers are running on is debian, and prolly the most used 
>>server too...
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>>troubles with setting using_dma 1 is that it's a SATA drive, 
>>and alst time i tried that... Kernel Panic :/
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>>Andre Lorbach wrote:
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>>>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 
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>>happened then 
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>>>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. 
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>>>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 
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>>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 
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>>vehicle's 
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>>>>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 
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>>the banter, 
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>>>>is there any status report on how you guys are doing with 
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>>1.41e? (or u 
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>>>>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 
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>>just "spike" 
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>>>>teh cpu usage for about 3 seconds (lags every other server 
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>>on teh same 
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>>>>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 
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>>working nicely on 
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>>>>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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