From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764900AbYFHL45 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:56:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760996AbYFHL4u (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:56:50 -0400 Received: from mail.memset.com ([89.200.136.113]:41773 "EHLO mail.memset.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759762AbYFHL4t (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:56:49 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1241 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:56:49 EDT Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:35:27 +0100 From: Nick Craig-Wood To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: libata.force=1.5Gbps doesn't seem to work Message-ID: <20080608113527.GA5105@craig-wood.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ever since I changed to AHCI (by fiddling with random options in the BIOS) my external SATA drive is being run at 3.0 Gbps. However it doesn't seem reliable at that - maybe the cable is too long. (It is probably about 80cm in total - one standard SATA cable going to the case and another from the case to the drive). I read in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt that a command line of libata.force=1.5Gbps Should force all my SATA disks to 1.5 Gbps. However this doesn't seem to work. Edited highlights of dmesg - note the selection of 3.0 Gbps for ata6 - that is what I'm trying to avoid. [ 1.087690] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 1.091690] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 2.241029] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0 [ 3.300329] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 6 ports 3 Gbps 0x3f impl SATA mode [ 3.300366] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo pmp pio slum part [ 3.309764] scsi0 : ahci [ 3.309764] scsi1 : ahci [ 3.309764] scsi2 : ahci [ 3.309764] scsi3 : ahci [ 3.309764] scsi4 : ahci [ 3.309764] scsi5 : ahci [ 3.309764] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106100 irq 218 [ 3.309764] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106180 irq 218 [ 3.309764] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106200 irq 218 [ 3.309764] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106280 irq 218 [ 3.309764] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106300 irq 218 [ 3.309764] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb106000 port 0xfb106380 irq 218 [ 3.845799] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 3.847892] ata1.00: HPA detected: current 586112591, native 586114704 [ 3.847926] ata1.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 7L300S0, BANC1E00, max UDMA/133 [ 3.847959] ata1.00: 586112591 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (not used) [ 3.850048] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 4.343265] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 4.345363] ata2.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 7B300S0, BANC1B70, max UDMA/133 [ 4.345395] ata2.00: 586114704 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (not used) [ 4.344422] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 4.667268] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 4.987268] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 5.307259] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 5.791265] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) <--- 1.5 Gbps desired here! [ 5.695773] ata6.00: ATA-7: ST3250620NS, 3BKH, max UDMA/133 [ 5.695773] ata6.00: 488281250 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) [ 5.827259] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 5.827259] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 5.827259] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 7B300S0 BANC PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 5.827259] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3250620NS n/a PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 6.899647] ahci 0000:04:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode [ 6.899684] ahci 0000:04:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum part [ 6.903618] scsi6 : ahci [ 6.903618] scsi7 : ahci [ 6.903618] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfb000000 port 0xfb000100 irq 19 [ 6.903618] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfb000000 port 0xfb000180 irq 19 [ 7.219641] ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 7.539656] ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 7.777106] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 7.797106] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [ 7.821107] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk $ cat /proc/cmdline root=/dev/md0 panic=60 combined_mode=libata libata.atapi_enabled=1 libata.force=1.5Gbps ro This is with a 2.6.26-rc5 + latest git $ git-describe v2.6.26-rc5-159-gaab2545 Thanks in advance for any help! -- Nick Craig-Wood -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick