On Monday 23 August 2004 19:37, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> David Gümbel wrote:
> > So, no - unfortunately the patch doesn't fix the problem for me with
> > 2.6.8.1, loop-AES-2.1c (and mregparm enabled, although that shouldn't
> > matter). Kernel bootup parameters were "elevator=cfq" (like in the
> > tests before), in case that is of any importance. Anyway, thank you,
> > Jari, for your efforts so far. If you have any other ideas, please let
> > me know.
[..]
> David, can you specify
> 1) what gcc version you are using
gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 20040412 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)
> 2) what file system soft block sizes are you using
How do I determine / check these? (When creating the filesystem, I don't
think I specified it, i.e. I ran an "mke2fs -j /dev/loop0" after
losetup-ing. But that was a long time ago ;)
> 3) post 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' output
marsupilami root # fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 7 56196 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 8 373 2939895 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 374 4864 36073957+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 374 617 1959898+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 618 861 1959898+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 862 1713 6843658+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1714 2687 7823623+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 2688 2750 506016 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda10 2751 4696 15631213+ 83 Linux
> 4) hdparm MultSect value: hdparm -i /dev/hda
marsupilami root # hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=IC25N040ATMR04-0, FwRev=MO2OAD0A, SerialNo=MRG201K2G4JW6C
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1740kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
^^^^^^^^^^^
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=78140160
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:
* signifies the current active mode
(what strikes me here is that it says "WriteCache=enabled", although I run
at bootup "/sbin/hdparm -W0 /dev/hda". Additionally, I set at bootup:
"/sbin/hdparm -A 1 -c 3 /dev/hda".)
> 5) post compressed kernel config
Attached.
Regards,
David
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