Re: kernel 2.6t9 SATA slower than 2.4.20

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 13:19:44 EST


On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 06:36:37PM +0100, Arve Knudsen wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:59:17 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 07:56:31AM -0800, Shaun Savage wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Are you using CONFIG_SCSI_SATA in 2.6?
> >>
> >>No, but I am trying now.
> >>GREAT is works,
> >>but the disk went from hda back to hde
> >
> >hmmm, with CONFIG_SCSI_SATA your SATA drives should show up as
> > /dev/sda not /dev/hde ...
> >
> >So, you're still using the drivers/ide driver, it appears.
> >
> >Regardless, it's most important to use what works for you ;-)
> >
> Excuse me, there's probably something I'm missing, but how do I use the
> SCSI_SATA driver for SiI 3112? I see the source file for it in the kernel
> tree (test9), but no option for it in menuconfig (I've enabled SATA under
> SCSI). Enabling the SiI SATA driver under ATA/ATAPI... compiles in the old
> driver am I right?

For SiI, it requires CONFIG_BROKEN, because, well, the libata SiI
is "very alpha quality" right now ;-)

Jeff



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