Re: Problems with disc-performance and libata

2007-08-28 Thread Oliver Janscheidt
Hi, yesterday I compiled a new kernel (2.6.23-rc3-git10) from Vanilla sources and it works! sudo hdparm -t /dev/scd0 now gives: Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 3.22 seconds = 4.34 MB/sec So, after crawling the web for more than three weeks, this is the solution. :) Therefore other

Re: [PATCHSET #upstream-fixes] libata: update HPA handling

2007-08-28 Thread Jeff Garzik
Tejun Heo wrote: Tejun Heo wrote: Jeff Garzik wrote: Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, The current HPA handling implementation isn't robust enough and causes regressions on several cases. This patchset contains HPA handling update. * blacklist devices which puke on READ_NATIVE_MAX * proper/better

sata_nv; port responding too slow

2007-08-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hi, when I tried to upgrade a production box to 2.6.22, this popped up. ata2 seems to have a problem, could this likely be some controller or harddrive (e.g. failed) problem? 2.6.18 seems to tell me the same: 2.6.18: 4ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0x80) 3ata2: port

Re: Problems with IDE on linux 2.6.22.X

2007-08-28 Thread Rene Herman
On 08/28/2007 02:44 AM, José Luis Patiño Andrés wrote: Okay Rene, I activated SCSI CD-ROM support in kernel config and now all works again. It's strange, because I never used this option to get my DVD device on. Sheesh. How could anyone _not_ understand you need SCSI CD-ROM support for your

[PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: implement BROKEN_HPA horkage and apply it to affected drives

2007-08-28 Thread Tejun Heo
Some drives choke on READ_NATIVE_MAX_ADDRESS[_EXT]. Implement ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_HPA and apply it to affected drives. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- MAXTOR 6L080L4 added from bugzilla bug 7119. drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 11 --- include/linux/libata.h|1 + 2