--- old/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2002-12-18 01:03:50.000000000 +0100
+++ new/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2003-04-22 11:49:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -432,9 +432,7 @@ static void blk_init_free_list(request_q
 
 	si_meminfo(&si);
 	megs = si.totalram >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT);
-	nr_requests = 128;
-	if (megs < 32)
-		nr_requests /= 2;
+	nr_requests = 4;
 	blk_grow_request_list(q, nr_requests);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&q->wait_for_requests[0]);
--- old/include/linux/elevator.h	2002-12-18 01:03:59.000000000 +0100
+++ new/include/linux/elevator.h	2003-04-22 11:49:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static inline int elevator_request_laten
 
 #define ELEVATOR_LINUS							\
 ((elevator_t) {								\
-	2048,				/* read passovers */		\
-	8192,				/* write passovers */		\
+	0,				/* read passovers */		\
+	0,				/* write passovers */		\
 									\
 	elevator_linus_merge,		/* elevator_merge_fn */		\
 	elevator_linus_merge_req,	/* elevator_merge_req_fn */	\