Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:35:28 +0000 | Subject | Re: very slow hard disk | From | <> |
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Thanks! that fixed it.
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 02:25:28PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > Try patching the kernel with Andre Hedrick's EIDE patches. He's put > together a patch which has a fix for the seek complete message. You'll be > able to grab his patches at > ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick. > > Andre Hedrick is the Linux IDE maintainer, so the patches are in good > shape. I believe he's moved the 2.2.14 version to > /pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/old. > > > > > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 robbie@scot-mur.demon.co.uk wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Kernel is 2.2.14, Smp, PIIX4 IDE, 2 X Pii 450. > > > > After a bit more investigation, it appears that it is not using > > UDMA. If I use hdparm to set any UDMA mode, I get the following in > > dmesg: > > > > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > > hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > > hdc: DMA disabled > > ide1: reset: success > > > > The best I can get is multiword DMA mode2 at 3.05 Mb/s. I am using > > hdparm -tT to measure the speed. Output from hdparm -iv is below. > > > > > > /dev/hdc: > > multcount = 0 (off) > > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) > > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > > using_dma = 1 (on) > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > nowerr = 0 (off) > > readonly = 0 (off) > > readahead = 8 (on) > > geometry = 4160/255/63, sectors = 66835440, start = 0 > > > > Model=IBM-DPTA-373420, FwRev=P71OA30A, SerialNo=JXYJX017427 > > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } > > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34 > > BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1961kB, MaxMultSect=16, > > MultSect=off > > DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2 > > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=66835440 > > tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2 > > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 > > UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 mode3 mode4 > > > > Regards > > > > -- > > Rob Murray > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > >
-- Rob Murray
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