Re: Why is my Linux so slow?

anton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Anton Ertl) wrote in
news:2008Jan27.200817@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Why not use the hard disk on the built-in PATA ports? Is the hard
disk accessed using DMA?

The motherboard's PATA support is limited to 8.4G.

I can't tell for sure if DMA is being used.
ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
ata2.00: ATA-6: WDC WD1200JB-00DUA0, 65.13G65, max UDMA/100
ata2.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
ata2.00: applying bridge limits
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD1200JB-00D 65.1 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5

cat /proc/dma
2: floppy
4: cascade
.

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