Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:22:18 -0400 | From | Stephen Clark <> | Subject | Re: [git patches] libata updates |
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
>Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > >>Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> >>>Jeff Garzik (8): >>> libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk >>> >>> >>You can't just remove the "combined_mode=" kernel parameter or >>every Linux user who uses that will get an unbootable kernel >>with no good way of diagnosing the problem. It should still >>be accepted and just print a warning. >> >> > >No, most modern distros will simply Just Work(tm) due to mount by label, >udev, and similar gadgets. > >As long as you have at least one (if not both) ATA drivers, you have a >kernel that will boot your hardware. And by definition those using >combined_mode= do indeed have the necessary drivers. > > Jeff > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > Please don't do this!
Yeah the kernel will boot but the hd performance is sh*t on my laptop. I am running FC6 with kernel 2.6.21 and without the combined_mode setting my disk performance goes down to a whopping 1.25mb/sec from 44mb/sec when I boot with combined_mode=libata. It make my system unusable!
Regards, Steve
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