Re: [git patches] libata updates

[Jeff Garzik]

Stephen Clark wrote:
> Yeah the kernel will boot but the hd performance is sh*t on my laptop. I 
> am running FC6 with
> kernel 2.6.21 and without the combined_mode setting my disk performance 
> goes down to a
> whopping 1.25mb/sec from 44mb/sec when I boot with combined_mode=libata. 
> It make my
> system unusable!


No, that's the split-driver configuration that causes the slowdown.

Now that both drivers fully support the hardware, either driver can make 
things go full speed.

Please try testing the update first :)

	Jeff


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