Has the patch been forwarded to the maintainer of the 2.4 kernel series ? It would be a good idea for this patch to be merged into the new kernels. AG > -----Original Message----- > From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeremy Worrells > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:40 > To: ataraid-list > Subject: Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 success! > > > Arghhhhhhhh! > > After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I am the proud owner of a Dell > PowerEdge 1300 with a Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 running 4x40GB WD disks > in a 0+1 configuration, ATA100! > > The clue was the last email message I saw on the list: > > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/ataraid-list/2002-January/000511.html > > In there was a link to http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg00220.html > which contained a link to http://www.linuxdiskcert.org. Right there, was > a patch from the Man himself, Andre The IDE God. > > When patched into a stock 2.4.16 kernel, all my "Lost Interrupt" problems > went away, and I am now a very happy man. > > Performance is very good. Example: > > ahab# time dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=3000k > 3072000+0 records in > 3072000+0 records out > 4.88user 29.82system 1:21.07elapsed 42%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata > 0maxresident)k > 0inputs+0outputs (167major+31minor)pagefaults 0swaps > > I was not able to use hdparm -Tt on that drive. > > So, thank you Andre for the patch, and thank you Bas van Loon for the hint > that has taken me to my happy place. > > Jdremy > -- > Jeremy Worrells > jworrells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 801.270.8616 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
