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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:06:08 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386
Message-ID:  <00Mar15.110612est.115517@border.alcanet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20000314063350.D14789@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 01:12:34AM %2B1100
References:  <200003141318.FAA69185@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003150100430.3312-100000@alphplex.bde.org> <20000314063350.D14789@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On 2000-Mar-15 01:12:34 +1100, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> wrote:
>* Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> [000314 06:25] wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
>> >   Remove the wd driver from the i386 kernel options.
>> I'm still using this driver.  Put it back.
>
>I'm sure it can be put back, but your feedback as to why would be
>appreciated.

I recently upgraded my trusty old 486 from wd to ata and my disk I/O
throughput (dd if=/dev/r[wa]d0c of=/dev/null bs=64k) dropped by ~25% -
from ~3.2MB/sec to 2.4MB/sec.  This strikes me as excessive, though I
haven't had the time to work out why it's happening.

Peter


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