Hi folks,

I got the alpha kernel as a quick solution and it has made a remarkable 
difference.  Now that I can actually stand to use the machine, I'll probably 
compile a 1.5-current kernel.  Thanks very much for your help, it's 
refreshing to deal with real pros...

Jonas

ns1# bonnie -d / -s 10
File '//Bonnie.193', size: 10485760
Writing with putc()...done
Rewriting...done
Writing intelligently...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
Seeker 1...Seeker 2...Seeker 3...start 'em...done...done...done...
              -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- 
--Random--
              -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- 
--Seeks---
Machine    MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU  /sec 
%CPU
           10   643 97.2   995 43.8   252 22.0   556 74.4  1035 30.9  49.9 
14.6
ns1# df -k
Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/sd0a      144831    67397    62950    51%    /
/dev/sd1e      435854   173688   218580    44%    /var
/dev/sd0g      139943   136173   -10225   108%    /usr
/dev/sd1a      145279        9   130742     0%    /bkroot
/dev/sd1f     1792716   601938  1011506    37%    /disk1
kernfs              1        1        0   100%    /kern
procfs              4        4        0   100%    /proc
ns1# bonnie -d /var -s 10
File '/var/Bonnie.201', size: 10485760
Writing with putc()...done
Rewriting...done
Writing intelligently...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
Seeker 1...Seeker 2...Seeker 3...start 'em...done...done...done...
              -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- 
--Random--
              -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- 
--Seeks---
Machine    MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU  /sec 
%CPU
           10   639 99.3   941 43.2   339 29.3   604 80.2   668 19.5  71.0 
20.9




>From: Daniel Parks <danielp@reed.edu>
>To: Pascal Cabaud <Pascal.Cabaud@wanadoo.fr>, port-mac68k@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: Slow SCSI performance on Q650
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:50:18 -0800
>
>At 6:56 PM +0200 3/21/2001, Pascal Cabaud wrote:
>>  >NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Nov 19 14:20:10 PST 2000
>>              *******
>>
>>You to recompile a kernel with the esp driver in version 1.27 or higher.
>>In order to do that, you should get sources of NetBSD-current.
>
>At 10:32 AM +0100 3/21/2001, Hauke Fath wrote:
>>Those problems are fixed in the 1.5.1 sources. Tell him there is a 1.5.1
>>ALPHA replacement kernel on
>>
>>   http://www.tangro.de/~hf/macbsd/netbsd-kern-151-alpha.tar.gz
>
>The problems referred to in the second quote are the SCSI speed
>problems... so you can either download the 1.5.1_ALPHA kernel, or you
>can compile 1.5S (I think that's the current -current).
>
>Daniel

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