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Date:      Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:35:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, Lee Cremeans <lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IDE DMA works, I'll be a... 
Message-ID:  <199901260135.RAA11762@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901252016180.7918-100000@janus.syracuse.net>

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:>     I would like to know if your transfer rate improves or not, and by
:>     how much.
:> 
:> #if 0
:>         if (cnt.v_inactive_count / 3 > page_shortage) {
:>                 maxlaunder = 0;
:>                 launder_loop = 0;
:>         } else 
:> #endif
:> 	{
:> 					-Matt
:
:I'd rather use if (0 && cnt.v_inactive_count / 3 > page_shortage) {. I'm
:trying it out now, here's the "before":
:
:IOZONE performance measurements:
:        2972048 bytes/second for writing the file
:        2962863 bytes/second for reading the file
: Brian Feldman					  _ __  ___ ___ ___  

    Welll...  I went ahead and tested it on my diskless workstation,
    which actually has a DMA IDE drive connected to it at the moment
    for another test I'm running.

    I didn't see any change in performance.  That doesn't meant that
    hasn't been a chance, just that it doesn't look like the one thing
    I thought might be causing it is causing it.

    Are you sure the problem isn't simply that your disk is getting
    a bit more full and causing the test to skip around more ( or move
    to more inner tracks, which have lower transfer rates), and
    thus appear to slow down a little ?

					    -Matt

	Before ( iozone 64 on a 48MB machine )

IOZONE performance measurements:
        7809031 bytes/second for writing the file
        10324440 bytes/second for reading the file

IOZONE performance measurements:
        8388608 bytes/second for writing the file
        10324440 bytes/second for reading the file

	After  ( iozone 64 on a 48MB machine )

IOZONE performance measurements:
        8103711 bytes/second for writing the file
        10336864 bytes/second for reading the file

IOZONE performance measurements:
        8429768 bytes/second for writing the file
        10324440 bytes/second for reading the file

					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>

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