Re: 2.1.117: mcdx drives me nuts

Hans-Joachim Baader (hans@grumbeer.inka.de)
Fri, 28 Aug 98 23:29 MET DST

In article <Pine.Linu.4.00.9808271611450.502-100000@lightside.ddns.org> you write:
>Compiled mcd and kernel with gcc 2.7.2.3, 2.1.118, UP

I use egcs 1.0.2, with default CFLAGS.

>At this point, mount hangs on 'D', wchan = sync_buffer. Both the port and
>irq are correct.

I could not reproduce this.

>dd if=a.dat of=/dev/null (size 4192Kb; cp offers similar results)
>kernel Kb/sec (aprox.)
>2.1.43 140
>2.1.53 140
>2.1.98+ 40 (led blinks a lot more)

I'm afraid I cannot help much. Obviously the mcdx driver is very
inefficient. This also holds for 2.0.36pre6.

hjb

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