From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262659AbTDEVPa (for ); Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:15:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262660AbTDEVPa (for ); Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:15:30 -0500 Received: from node181b.a2000.nl ([62.108.24.27]:22672 "EHLO ddx.a2000.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262659AbTDEVP3 (for ); Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:15:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 23:27:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Stephan van Hienen To: Mark Hahn cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: onboard ICH4 seen as ICH3 (ultra100 controller onboard) (2.4.20/2.4.21-pre7) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > > I don't think it is doing U100 : > > > > > > why? 25 MB/s is exactly what you should expect from a disk > > > which has around 15 GB/platter density. the transfer mode > > > doesn't matter, as long as it's 10-20% faster than the transfer > > > rate of the disk's outer tracks. > > > > because it is the same disk (WD1800BB (180GB)) only difference is the > > controller... > > is the 80-pin cable validly configured and properly detected? > or did you cover this already? all disks and cables are the same (i have 15 of these disks in this server) only difference are the controllers and since the kernel is giving me incorrect info at boottime (ICH3 (instead of what is really there (ICH4)) i really think this is an kernel problem