Hi Oliver, [Adding linux-ide to CC] On 26/08/07, Oliver Janscheidt <oliver.janscheidt@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad with TOSHIBA MK1234GS HD and MATSHITA > DVD-RAM UJ-850 on 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage > Controller IDE. The Kernel is a 2.6.22.1 from Kernel.org (with 2.6.23-rc1- > and hdaps-queue-freezing-patch). Could you try 2.6.23-rc3-git10? > > sudo hdparm -t /dev/scd0 gives > > Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 4.47 seconds = 457.75 kB/sec Are you using cracked cd/dvd? cracked dvd /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/scd0 /dev/scd0: Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 6.36 seconds = 321.78 kB/sec new shiny dvd /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/scd0 /dev/scd0: Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 3.14 seconds = 4.46 MB/sec > > sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda gives > > Timing buffered disk reads: 102 MB in 3.04 seconds = 33.51 MB/sec I've got an old Maxtor HDD (also 5,400 rpm) results are similar. > > which is a quite poor performance and makes any streaming impossible. > Obviously UDMA is working correctly as dmesg | grep UDMA says: > > [ 43.636590] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20004612500 ctl > 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 314 > [ 43.636595] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20004612580 ctl > 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 314 > [ 43.636599] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20004612600 ctl > 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 314 > [ 43.636603] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20004612680 ctl > 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 314 > [ 44.177980] ata1.00: ATA-7: TOSHIBA MK1234GSX, AH002E, max UDMA/100 > [ 44.179192] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 > [ 44.326918] ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x00000000000101f0 ctl > 0x00000000000103f6 bmdma 0x0000000000011880 irq 14 > [ 44.326922] ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000010170 ctl > 0x0000000000010376 bmdma 0x0000000000011888 irq 15 > [ 44.571970] ata5.00: ATAPI: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-850, RB01, max UDMA/33 > [ 44.738552] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 > [ 0.610332] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 > [ 0.750296] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 > > Is there any solution for that problem or at least a workaround? > > I also tried to recompile the kernel as recommended in the official > libata-faq ( http://linux-ata.org/faq.html ) but the system stuck when > booting the root-partition. Booting with combined_mode=libata or > combined_mode=ide didn't affect the performance, too. > > Thanks in advance, > > Oli > Regards, Michal -- LOG http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/log/ - 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
