Re: Disk very slow with VIA KT400 in 2.4.21pre3-ac4

[Simon Posnjak <simon@activetools.si>]

On tor, 2003-01-14 at 23:40, Tupshin Harper wrote:
> Other people know substantially more about this than I do, but there 
> were a number of fixes for KT400 problems, especially IDE in recent 
> kernels. I would give 4.2.21-pre3 or 4.2.21-pre3-ac4 a try. I've used 
> both of those with relatively few problems on a KT400 machine.

Tied it (2.4.21pre3-ac4) and still not working. 

	Regards Simon

> -Tupshin
> 
> Simon Posnjak wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a Kudoz 7x board (VIA KT400 (VT8377 and VT8235)) and a WD 80 GB
> >disk (7200, UDMA (http://www.wdc.com/products/Products.asp?DriveID=32)).
> >
> >The problem is that disk operations are rally slow. Copying files goes
> >on with 1 MB/sec. 
> >
> >At start up kernel complained:
> > 
> >VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89
> >PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:11.1. Please try using pci=biosirq.
> >VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
> >
> >So I added pci=biosirq to kernel parameters at boot. An then I got:
> >
> >Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
> >ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> >VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89
> >PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:11.1.
> >VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
> >VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> >VP_IDE: VIA vt8235 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci00:11.1
> >    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xe407, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> >    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe408-0xe40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> >hda: WDC WD800JB-00CRA1, ATA DISK drive
> >hdc: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B BS05 20010727, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> >hdd: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-152L, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> >ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> >ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> >hda: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(100)
> >
> >hdparm says:
> >
> >/dev/hda:
> > multcount    = 16 (on)
> > IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
> > unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
> > using_dma    =  1 (on)
> > keepsettings =  0 (off)
> > readonly     =  0 (off)
> > readahead    =  8 (on)
> > geometry     = 9729/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0
> >
> >hdparm -iI /dev/hda
> >
> >/dev/hda:
> >
> > Model=WDC WD800JB-00CRA1, FwRev=17.07W17, SerialNo=WD-WCA8E5325146
> > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
> > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
> > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
> > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,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=no WriteCache=enabled
> > Drive conforms to: device does not report version:  1 2 3 4 5
> >
> >
> >ATA device, with non-removable media
> >        Model Number:       WDC WD800JB-00CRA1
> >        Serial Number:      WD-WCA8E5325146
> >        Firmware Revision:  17.07W17
> >Standards:
> >        Supported: 5 4 3 2
> >        Likely used: 6
> >Configuration:
> >        Logical         max     current
> >        cylinders       16383   16383
> >        heads           16      16
> >        sectors/track   63      63
> >        --
> >        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
> >        LBA    user addressable sectors:  156301488
> >        device size with M = 1024*1024:       76319 MBytes
> >        device size with M = 1000*1000:       80026 MBytes (80 GB)
> >Capabilities:
> >        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
> >        bytes avail on r/w long: 40     Queue depth: 1
> >        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
> >        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
> >        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
> >        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> >             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:
> >           *    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
> >           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
> >                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
> >                SET MAX security extension
> >           *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
> >           *    SMART self-test
> >           *    SMART error logging
> >Security:
> >                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 CSEL
> >Checksum: correct
> >
> >lspci
> >00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3189
> >00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b168
> >00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> >00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> >00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
> >00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
> >00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> >00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> >00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> >00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
> >00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
> >00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> >00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
> >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX] (rev b2)
> >
> >lspci -n
> >00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:3189
> >00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:b168
> >00:09.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
> >00:0a.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
> >00:0b.0 Class 0400: 109e:036e (rev 02)
> >00:0b.1 Class 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 02)
> >00:10.0 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
> >00:10.1 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
> >00:10.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
> >00:10.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 82)
> >00:11.0 Class 0601: 1106:3177
> >00:11.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
> >00:11.5 Class 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 50)
> >01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0110 (rev b2)
> >
> >Im using RedHat 8.0 stock kernel (the updated version) 2.4.18-19.8.0.
> >
> >	Regards Simon
> >
> >
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