Re: latency & my BookPC VIA ProSavage P4M266 VT8751 (Northbridge) and VT8233 (Southbridge)-based Motherboard

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

Well, it's better, but it's still unstable.  I'm going to try using the
machine more extensively and see just how unstable it is.

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
 > Date: Tue,  3 Sep 2002 09:24:06 -0400
 >
 > As it turns out, one can use "setpci" to change the latency in Linux -- a
 > kernel patch/module doesn't seem to be needed. I'm testing it out right
 > now.  (I increased the latency for the IDE PCI device from 32 to 96.  Disk
 > accesses are now much slower.)  There's no way to change the latency in
 > my AmiBIOS.  "setpci" won't let you change the latency on the AC97-based
 > soundcard.
 > 
 > I'll keep you updated.