Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Martin Eriksson" <> | Subject | Re: IDE is still crap.. or something | Date | Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:03:02 +0100 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Hedrick" <andre@linux-ide.org> To: "Martin Eriksson" <nitrax@giron.wox.org> Cc: "Marcelo Tosatti" <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>; "lkml" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 8:06 AM Subject: Re: IDE is still crap.. or something
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Martin Eriksson wrote: > > > > > any of the -c -u -m -W settings in hdparm. I even applied the 2.4.14 IDE > > > > patch (after fixing the rejects) but no go. > > Mr. Martin Eriksson, > > As for your subject -- "IDE" died a long time ago, but since it died > before you entered university, I am not at all surprized. Now as for > jumping on the case of the talented Mr. Marcelo Tosatti. He has not found > it neccessary to enter university at this time, as he could likely teach > the content scheduled in the next year to you. > > Why are you doing thoughtless things like overriding the ruleset for > optimizing the HOST/Device pair? I seriously doubt that you know the > history of those option? Of the lot, one of them is retired as of ATA-2; > however it still is optional for a while. The other is foolish in most > cases unless dealing with ATA-2 hardware, or have audio driver problems. > The next is settable by the kernel if you allow it to do the work for you. > The last is also set by the kernel, should you allow it to operate. There > is no valid reason for you to do anything w/ hdparm.
Well, actually I'm not the "must-use-hdparm -c1 -u1 -d1 -m16 -W1 -X66" kind of guy... I just tested some options because my system was slow. I do not run hdparm now, and everything works fine (with your ATA patch, and the preempt patch). I'm moving the hard disks to the "on-board" controller (PIIX) today, to see if that works better (without preempt+ata).
Also, I *would* be upgrading my linux system *if I had money*, but until then, I happily run with my crappy BP6, crappy HD's and crappy HPT366 controller.
> Now this is a global reply to your list of rants. Now if you can not > merge patches and understand what is going on, then please keep the noise > down. Next time please have some credablity when you attempt to make > grand pontifications of code quality in Linux. Lastly you were not to be > a target for everyones entertainment but this is where you have come.
I'm sorry if the subject set you off.. what I should have written is propably "ATA hard disk access slows down my system", but I was tired and had previously been reading "comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim".
Also, I'm not meaning to sound important or anything with my sig. Maybe I should change it? Hmm...
> > Regards, > > Andre Hedrick > Linux ATA Development > Linux Disk Certification Project
_____________________________________________________ | Martin Eriksson <nitrax@giron.wox.org> | Linux developer / Ignorant excuse for a human / | Ranting bastard / Swede
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