Re: slowdown when reading from block devices

2002-12-20 Thread nate
Wim De Smet said: > Hi, > > I've noticed in my (woody based) testing/unstable that when I access block > devices such as (very obvious off course) my hard disk or my cd-rom > device, my system hangs for short moments. Meaning heavier and longer than > you would expect it to on an ide system. My ker

slowdown when reading from block devices

2002-12-20 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, I've noticed in my (woody based) testing/unstable that when I access block devices such as (very obvious off course) my hard disk or my cd-rom device, my system hangs for short moments. Meaning heavier and longer than you would expect it to on an ide system. My kernel version is 2.2.20, I have