From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264940AbTK3Qcu (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:32:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264941AbTK3Qcu (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:32:50 -0500 Received: from mion.elka.pw.edu.pl ([194.29.160.35]:39876 "EHLO mion.elka.pw.edu.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264940AbTK3Qct (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:32:49 -0500 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Silicon Image 3112A SATA trouble Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:34:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcush@onlinehome.de References: <3FC36057.40108@gmx.de> <200311301547.32347.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <3FCA1A8F.3000103@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3FCA1A8F.3000103@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311301734.14740.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yes, siimage.c contains Maxtor fix as well, there is even comment from Alan about Marvell PATA<->SATA bridges... --bart On Sunday 30 of November 2003 17:27, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Apply this patch and you should get similar performance from IDE driver. > > You are probably seeing big improvements with libata driver because you > > are using Samsung and IBM/Hitachi drives only, for Seagate it probably > > sucks just like IDE driver... > > Looks good to me. > > > IDE driver limits requests to 15kB for all SATA drives... > > libata driver limits requests to 15kB only for Seagata SATA drives... > > > > Both drivers still need proper fix for Seagate drives... > > Yep. Do you have the Maxtor fix, as well? It's in libata's SII driver, > though it should be noted that the Maxtor errata only occurs for > PATA<->SATA bridges, and not for real Maxtor SATA drives. > > Jeff