Re: Abysmal PATA IDE performance

[Stephen Clark]

Stephen Clark wrote:

> Tejun Heo wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Stephen Clark wrote:
> > [--snip--]
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xFFA0 irq 14
> > > scsi0 : ata_piix
> > > Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.1, id: 0xa3a0b3, caps: 0xa04713/0x10008
> > > input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input1
> > > ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x1F7
> > > ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xFFA8 irq 15
> > > scsi1 : ata_piix
> > > ata2.00: ATA-6, max UDMA/100, 117210240 sectors: LBA48
> > > ata2.00: ata2: dev 0 multi count 16
> > > usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
> > > ata2.01: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
> > > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 <==== why isn't this 66 or 100 ?
> > >   
> > >
> > >      
> > See below.
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > ===============****
> > > usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > > input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Trackball as /class/input/input2
> > > input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Trackball] on
> > > usb-0000:00:1d.1-2
> > > ata2.01: configured for UDMA/33 <=========== is this related to the
> > > following 2 lines? ====
> > >   
> > >
> > >      
> > Nope,
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Vendor: ATA       Model: HTS721060G9AT00   Rev: MC3O
> > > Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> > > SCSI device sda: 117210240 512-byte hdwr sectors (60012 MB)
> > > sda: Write Protect is off
> > > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> > > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> > > SCSI device sda: 117210240 512-byte hdwr sectors (60012 MB)
> > > sda: Write Protect is off
> > > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> > > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> > > sda: sda1 sda2
> > > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
> > >   
> > >
> > >      
> > The above is for ata2.00.
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Vendor: HL-DT-ST  Model: DVDRAM GMA-4082N  Rev: HJ02
> > > Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> > >   
> > >
> > >      
> > And, this for ata2.01.
> >
> > PATA devices occupying the same channel literally share the cable, and 
> > the driver needs to configure PIO mode of both devices to the slowest of 
> > the two (PIO mode is always configured regardless of actual transfer 
> > mode).  UDMA mode doesn't save such restriction, so devices can be 
> > configured to its own maximum transfer mode.
> >
> > libata, until recently, simply used the slowest max transfer mode for 
> > both PIO and UDMA modes (MWDMA too).  So, that's what's happening to 
> > you.  Your cdrom's max UDMA mode is UDMA/33, so libata is using it for 
> > both devices on the channel.  Recent kernels (2.6.19-rcX) don't have 
> > this restriction.  Give 2.6.19-rc5 a shot.
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> Hi Tejun,
>
> Thanks for the info, I had started looking at the libata code but hadn't 
> progressed very far.
>
> Steve
>
>  
Hi all,

using 2.6.19-rc5 did give me udma 100 for my harddrive and a xfer rate 
of 44mbps.

thanks to all who offered advice.

Steve

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