Why this bug was marked "No longer marked as found in versions 2.6.26-13lenny2. " ?
I have newest lenny kernel and problem is stil present. (It is annoying, but becuase I have most of data on scsi disks, IDE performance isn't very important currently beyond booting system) r...@noisy:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 2 MB in 3.25 seconds = 630.59 kB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 3.43 seconds = 597.07 kB/sec r...@noisy:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 24 MB in 2.02 seconds = 11.89 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 3.56 seconds = 1.12 MB/sec r...@noisy:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 16 MB in 2.06 seconds = 7.78 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 3.14 seconds = 1.27 MB/sec r...@noisy:~# hdparm --direct -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing O_DIRECT cached reads: 4 MB in 2.87 seconds = 1.39 MB/sec Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 6 MB in 4.36 seconds = 1.38 MB/sec r...@noisy:~# hdparm --direct -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing O_DIRECT cached reads: 4 MB in 2.74 seconds = 1.46 MB/sec Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 6 MB in 4.37 seconds = 1.37 MB/sec # As one can see it is even worse than it was (my previous reports given about 1.5 MB/s buffered disk read). r...@noisy:~# hdparm -d /dev/hda /dev/hda: using_dma = 0 (off) r...@noisy:~# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Input/output error using_dma = 0 (off) # dmesg | tail [6545265.490382] hda: no DMA mode selected [6545265.490485] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 # r...@noisy:~# dpkg -l | grep linux-image ii linux-image-2.6-686 2.6.26+17+lenny1 Linux 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ii linux-image-2.6-686-smp 2.6.18+6etch3 Linux 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ii linux-image-2.6-xen-686 2.6.26+17+lenny1 Linux 2.6 image on i686, oldstyle Xen suppor ii linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1 Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ ii linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1 Linux 2.6.18 image on i686 ii linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1 Linux 2.6.18 image on i686 ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-13lenny2 Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686 2.6.26-13lenny2 Linux 2.6.26 image on i686, oldstyle Xen sup ii linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 2.6.26-26lenny1 Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ ii linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686 2.6.26-26lenny1 Linux 2.6.26 image on i686, oldstyle Xen sup r...@noisy:~# uname -a Linux noisy 2.6.26-2-xen-686 #1 SMP Mon Aug 30 10:02:38 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux r...@noisy:~# hdparm -iI /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=IBM-DTLA-307030, FwRev=XXXXXXXXX, SerialNo=XXXXXXXXX Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60036480 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1: ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5 * signifies the current active mode ATA device, with non-removable media powers-up in standby; SET FEATURES subcmd spins-up. Model Number: IBM-DTLA-307030 Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXX Firmware Revision: TXXXXXXXXX Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1 Supported: 5 4 3 & some of 6 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders1 6383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 60036480 device size with M = 1024*1024: 29314 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 30738 MBytes (30 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) bytes avail on r/w long: 40 Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 0 Advanced power management level: disabled Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead Release interrupt * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * READ/WRITE_DMA_QUEUED Advanced Power Management feature set Power-Up In Standby feature set SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up Address Offset Reserved Area Boot SET_MAX security extension Automatic Acoustic Management feature set Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase 26min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. HW reset results: CBLID- above Vih Device num = 0 determined by the jumper Checksum: correct r...@noisy:~# Relevant part of dmesg [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.26-2-xen-686 (Debian 2.6.26-25) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 ( prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Mon Aug 30 10:02:38 UTC 2010 ... [ 3.670702] SCSI subsystem initialized ... [ 3.779661] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver [ 3.779882] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [ 3.826060] piix: 450NX errata present, disabling IDE DMA. [ 3.826060] piix: A BIOS update may resolve this. [ 3.826338] PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7111 rev 0x01) at PCI slot 0000:00:0c.1 [ 3.826421] PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later [ 3.826629] PIIX4: IDE port disabled [ 3.826828] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2c20-0x2c27 [ 3.827081] Probing IDE interface ide0... ... [ 4.119428] hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive [ 4.796760] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 [ 4.797030] hda: no DMA mode selected [ 4.797244] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 ... [ 4.811725] PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x84ca rev 0x03) at PCI slot 0000:00:10.0 [ 4.812005] PIIX4: device not capable of full native PCI mode [ 4.812209] PIIX4: device disabled (BIOS) ... [ 5.202827] libata version 3.00 loaded. ... [ 5.877421] hda: max request size: 128KiB [ 5.905570] hda: 60036480 sectors (30738 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=59560/16/63 [ 5.906121] hda: cache flushes not supported [ 5.906606] hda: hda1 hda3 ... I can try kernel from squeeze. I installed 2.6.32-5-686-xen from squeeze (and few dependencies), but will it work with xen 3.2-1 ? Regards, Witek. -- Witold Baryluk
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