From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932176AbWGRMCU (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932076AbWGRMCU (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:20 -0400 Received: from the.earth.li ([193.201.200.66]:56807 "EHLO the.earth.li") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751327AbWGRMCT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:02:17 +0100 From: Jonathan McDowell To: Sergei Shtylyov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Status of HPT372A driver? Message-ID: <20060718120217.GF1485@earth.li> References: <20060717142705.GS1485@earth.li> <44BBC75A.2000800@ru.mvista.com> <20060717182633.GX1485@earth.li> <44BBDFBE.10800@ru.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44BBDFBE.10800@ru.mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:06:38PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > >I've had a try with libata and Alan Cox's 2.6.17-ide1 patch (I'd > >previously tried this and had issues, which turned out to be a faulty > >drive I think). This seems to get better results (sda is the same drive > >as was hde earlier): > > I wouldn't be so sure about the faulty drive. ;-) No, the drive was definitely faulty - I ran the Western Digital test tool on it and it indicated the drive should be returned for a replacement. > No "HW reset results" -- SATA drives don't have valid word 93 as it > seems, and so the eighty_ninty_three() returns 0 meaning that the device > reports 40c PATA cable. > I think you need to try this 2.6.18-rc1 patch from Alan: > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1a1276e7b6cba549553285f74e87f702bfff6fac Result! I've applied that patch and now get UDMA(133) reported and speeds of 45MB/s+, so much better. Thanks! J. -- jid: noodles@jabber.earth.li "Then P=NP, and the world is a happier place." -- Steve Cameron in a complexity tute.