From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264461AbUGAKaX (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 06:30:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264492AbUGAKaX (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 06:30:23 -0400 Received: from av.isp.contactel.cz ([212.65.193.173]:45525 "EHLO av3.isp.contactel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264461AbUGAKaU (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 06:30:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:30:17 +0200 From: David Jez To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Silicon Image 3512 & seagate ST3120026AS in 2.4.27-rc2 Message-ID: <20040701103017.GC2462@kangaroo.instrat.cz> References: <20040629060900.GA20895@kangaroo.instrat.cz> <20040629082405.GA22226@kangaroo.instrat.cz> <20040629165829.GB23191@havoc.gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040629165829.GB23191@havoc.gtf.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: athlon i686 Linux-2.4.20-28.9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 12:58:29PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > I have sil3512 controller and 2x Seagate ST3120026AS (yes, with mod15 > > > problem...) discs. When i try some writes to disc sata_sil driver hangs. > > > Nothing ooops or something like this only following messages: > > > ata1: DMA timeout, stat 0x4 > > > ata2: DMA timeout, stat 0x4 > > > I tried add this discs to sil_blacklist with SIL_QUIRK_MOD15WRITE, > > > tried your try4 patch and nothing helps. > > > Any ideas? > > 2.6.7 with [PATCH] fix sata_sil quirk and blacklisted Seagate seems working. > > hdparm says only 13 MB/sec :( but it WORKS. Any chance for working in 2.4 > > or should i buy old&good Maxtor instead :-) ? > > Unfortunately for users I must choose "stability first, performance > later." So 13MB/sec is probably about the maximum for that list of > SIL_QUICK_MOD15WRITE drives. > > I am surprised that 2.4 is affected, since it should not have the > max_sectors problem that was present in 2.6.x. I'm sorry maybe i was confused. This is strange because 2.4.26 with libata3 works fine (libata in kernel not as module) even without blacklisted seagate. Performance is 55 MB/s... I'll try it once more in 2.4.27-rc2 and 2.6.7 with libata as module. > Jeff Dave -- ------------------------------------------------------- David "Dave" Jez Brno, CZ, Europe E-mail: dave.jez@seznam.cz PGP key: finger xjezda00@eva.fit.vutbr.cz ---------=[ ~EOF ]=------------------------------------