Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:13:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:13:00 -0500 Received: from very.disjunkt.com ([195.167.192.238]:40363 "EHLO disjunkt.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:12:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:21:37 +0100 (CET) From: Jean-Daniel Pauget X-X-Sender: jd@mint To: lkml cc: Tom Winkler Subject: Re: poor IDE performance on ASUS P4PE with WD800JB In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm using some maxtor on the same motherboard and I had to struggle a bit before getting some decent perf, basically I kept only the minimum IDE,ATA.. drivers in my kernel, for my P4PE it's the Intel PIIXn and also the PIIXn tuning option. I also added idebus=66 in my command-line kernel option... I disabled the Promise Raid controller in the bios that was responsible for some 2.4.20 kernels to hang at detection (?) now I get this : # hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.30 seconds =426.67 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.38 seconds = 46.38 MB/sec # hdparm -I /dev/hda /dev/hda: non-removable ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: Maxtor 6Y120P0 Serial Number: Y40FKPWE Firmware Revision: YAR41VW0 Standards: Supported: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Likely used: 7 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 bytes/track: 0 (obsolete) bytes/sector: 0 (obsolete) current sector capacity: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors = 240121728 Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Buffer size: 7936.0kB ECC bytes: 57 Queue depth: 1 Standby timer values: spec'd by standard, no device specific minimum r/w multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * NOP cmd * READ BUFFER cmd * WRITE BUFFER cmd * Host Protected Area feature set * look-ahead * write cache * Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set SMART feature set SET MAX security extension Advanced Power Management feature set * DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase HW reset results: CBLID- above Vih Device num = 0 determined by the jumper Checksum: correct this disk seems equivalent to your western digital. my lspci : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 82) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti4200] (rev a3) 02:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) a lot of device don't appear here because I disabled them whilst looking for what is causing my maching to hang once every three days... -- Quand les plombs p?tent : ? ??sj???t.??? ? - 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/