Hi, on my laptop (noname; MSI hardware) system it seems that the SATA controller causes many trouble, at least it is running stable but the performance is bad. When copying data from a dvd to hard disk the system reacts really slow so it is almost not usable. I got up to 80% iowaits on top when simply copying data from dvd to hd. I think it might be the IDE/SATA controller. I tried several configurations of my kernel (tried 2.6.19 to 2.6.20.1 now) but I was not able to improve the performance. I have a notebook with this SATA controller: 00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE [8086:27c4] (rev 02) So this device seems not to be AHCI conform. I found in the web the mostly this controllers are named "Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI". Further I do have this optical drive: # hdparm -I /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: ATAPI CD-ROM, with removable media Model Number: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SN-S082D Serial Number: Firmware Revision: SS02 Standards: Likely used CD-ROM ATAPI-1 Configuration: DRQ response: 50us. Packet size: 12 bytes Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=227ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: HW reset results: CBLID- below Vih Device num = 0 Does someone know what is the best way to use this hardware - the best kernel config. Maybe some options do interfere. My IDE/SATA config on my 2.6.20.1 kernel looks like this: # # ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support # CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set # # IDE chipset support/bugfixes # CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set # CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # # SCSI device support # # CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set CONFIG_SCSI=y # CONFIG_SCSI_TGT is not set CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK=y # CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set # # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set # # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs # # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC is not set # # SCSI Transports # CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=y CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=y # CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS=y # CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS is not set # # SCSI low-level drivers # # CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC94XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ARCMSR is not set # CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN is not set # CONFIG_MEGARAID_LEGACY is not set # CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_HPTIOP is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_STEX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IPR is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLA_FC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLA_ISCSI is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_LPFC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SRP is not set # # PCMCIA SCSI adapter support # # CONFIG_PCMCIA_FDOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_PCMCIA_QLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_PCMCIA_SYM53C500 is not set # # Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers # CONFIG_ATA=y # CONFIG_ATA_NONSTANDARD is not set # CONFIG_SATA_AHCI is not set # CONFIG_SATA_SVW is not set CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y # CONFIG_SATA_MV is not set # CONFIG_SATA_NV is not set # CONFIG_PDC_ADMA is not set # CONFIG_SATA_QSTOR is not set # CONFIG_SATA_PROMISE is not set # CONFIG_SATA_SX4 is not set # CONFIG_SATA_SIL is not set # CONFIG_SATA_SIL24 is not set # CONFIG_SATA_SIS is not set # CONFIG_SATA_ULI is not set # CONFIG_SATA_VIA is not set # CONFIG_SATA_VITESSE is not set CONFIG_SATA_INTEL_COMBINED=y # CONFIG_PATA_ALI is not set # CONFIG_PATA_AMD is not set # CONFIG_PATA_ARTOP is not set # CONFIG_PATA_ATIIXP is not set # CONFIG_PATA_CMD64X is not set # CONFIG_PATA_CS5520 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_CS5530 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_CYPRESS is not set # CONFIG_PATA_EFAR is not set CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC=y # CONFIG_PATA_HPT366 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_HPT37X is not set # CONFIG_PATA_HPT3X2N is not set # CONFIG_PATA_HPT3X3 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_IT821X is not set # CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON is not set # CONFIG_PATA_TRIFLEX is not set # CONFIG_PATA_MARVELL is not set # CONFIG_PATA_MPIIX is not set # CONFIG_PATA_OLDPIIX is not set # CONFIG_PATA_NETCELL is not set # CONFIG_PATA_NS87410 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_OPTI is not set # CONFIG_PATA_OPTIDMA is not set # CONFIG_PATA_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_PATA_PDC_OLD is not set # CONFIG_PATA_RADISYS is not set # CONFIG_PATA_RZ1000 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_SC1200 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_SERVERWORKS is not set # CONFIG_PATA_PDC2027X is not set # CONFIG_PATA_SIL680 is not set # CONFIG_PATA_SIS is not set # CONFIG_PATA_VIA is not set # CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND is not set Some output from dmesg: ... ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide0: I/O resource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free. ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe Probing IDE interface ide1... hdd: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SN-S082D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hdd: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.00ac7 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 IDE IDE ] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 ata: 0x170 IDE port busy ata: conflict with ide1 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xFFA0 irq 14 ata2: DUMMY scsi0 : ata_piix ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/100, 234441648 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16 ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 scsi1 : ata_piix scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA FUJITSU MHV2120B 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 ... ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed. warning: many lost ticks. Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts rip handle_IRQ_event+0x1a/0x53 hdd: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdd: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } ide: failed opcode was: 0xec Thanks for any support Steffen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html