Re: [Xen-devel] extremely slow disk access

[Xen U. <xe...@th...>]

Steven Hand wrote:
>>Hi list members,
>>
>>Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong or where I should look next?
> 
> 
> Looks like you're falling back to PIO mode under Xen. 
> 
> Have you compiled in support for your IDE chipset? 
> 
> cheers,
> 

Steven, you hit the nail on the head.

It took quite a while to recompile in its brain-damaged state but in 
this case the physician really did heal itself!

And, yes, Ian, the performance is now, indeed, on par with the unxenifed 
kernel.

I have only 1G so I will have to apportion it carefully; I'll keep your 
advice in mind, Nivedita.

Now the real fun starts :)

Thanks to all,
Mike Wright