Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964995AbVI2Vaf (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:30:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964974AbVI2Vae (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:30:34 -0400 Received: from torrent.CC.McGill.CA ([132.206.27.49]:35549 "EHLO torrent.cc.mcgill.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751334AbVI2Vad (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:30:33 -0400 Subject: Re: problem with 2.6.13.[0-2] From: David Ronis Reply-To: David.Ronis@mcgill.ca To: Jean Delvare Cc: David Ronis , LKML , Parag Warudkar , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050929082048.0cca3f58.khali@linux-fr.org> References: <1127957830.6261.5.camel@montroll.chem.mcgill.ca> <20050929082048.0cca3f58.khali@linux-fr.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Department of Chemistry, McGill University Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:26:58 -0400 Message-Id: <1128029218.15252.16.camel@montroll.chem.mcgill.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4271 Lines: 113 Hi Jean, I'm sending this to the linux-ide list as suggested, so first a very brief summary of the problem: I'm running a hp pavillion ZV5240ca laptop. The kernel has the ATIIXP driver installed, and this is what is loaded for the hard-drive (according to lshw). On upgrading from 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.13.[0-2] I noticed a huge slowdown in disk performance (see below for timings) and have been getting some help tracking the problem down on the linux-kernel list. (I don't subscribe to either list so please CC me). Ok, bakc to Jean. I tried your suggestion; here's what I get running hdparm -i /dev/hda On 2.6.12.6: /dev/hda: Model=ST9100823A, FwRev=3.00, SerialNo=3LG0V6AP Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568 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: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2: * signifies the current active mode On 2.6.13.2: /dev/hda: Model=ST9100823A, FwRev=3.00, SerialNo=3LG0V6AP Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568 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: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2: * signifies the current active mode They are identical except for the MultSect field (which was already apparent from the simple hdparm output). As I wrote earlier, I tried changing it to 16 in 2.6.13.2, but it made a next to no change in the timings. I will post the full dmesg output next time I reboot, but greping for hda or ide0 shows nothing out of the ordinary, at least to me. David On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 08:20 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi David, > > [David Ronis] > > In 2.6.12.6: > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing cached reads: 1140 MB in 2.00 seconds = 569.80 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads: 102 MB in 3.02 seconds = 33.80 MB/sec > > > > In 2.6.13.2: > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing cached reads: 28 MB in 2.15 seconds = 13.03 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 3.30 seconds = 4.24 MB/sec > > > > and after hdparm -m 16 /dev/hda (recall this is the default in 2.6.12.6) > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing cached reads: 24 MB in 2.05 seconds = 11.73 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads: 36 MB in 3.11 seconds = 11.56 MB/sec > > > > I ran thing a few times in each case and the results were close. There > > was nothing in dmesg. > > Try hdparm -i /dev/hda on both kernels, this will tell you the > controller/drive operation mode: > > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 > * signifies the current active mode > > I expect you to find that your IDE controller is in UDMA mode on > 2.6.12.6 but not on 2.6.13.2. The figures you obtain for the latter > suggest mdma2 (those max throughput is 16 MB/sec IIRC) at best. > > If I'm right, then you will have to find out which driver your IDE > controller uses, and why it decided that UDMA was no good for your > controller/driver combination. You may want to try the linux-ide list > for a more assistance, my own knowledge of that matter stops here ;) > - 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/