Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:12:36 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: ATA disk performance (ICH2 controller), some tests andcomparison with Linux 2.6.5 Message-ID: <4156B234.1090603@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <200409261332.23227.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <20040926044943.I40616-100000@mxb.saturn-tech.com> <200409261332.23227.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 12:50, Doug Russell wrote:
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>>On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>>
>>>On Saturday 25 September 2004 23:45, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>>>
>>>>6) I'm still amazed people have systems in production that use ICH2.=
>>>>AFAIK, the chipset is deprecated.
>>>
>>>Eh? i845-based motherboards were not exactly a niche product and are n=
ot
>>>very ancient either. I'm surprised it surprises you to see them used. =
:-)
>>
>>Bah! Just because some hardware is common does not mean is is good!
>=20
>=20
> Supporting and being used on common-but-not-so-good hardware is one of =
the=20
> best (and oldest) traditions of FreeBSD. :-)
Yeah, well, we try, my last ich2 based system died long ago so it makes=20
it harder to keep support top notch :)
Anyhow, please try the below patch and let me know if that changes=20
behavior in anyway.
BTW, you need to compare speeds of the *exact same* area of the disk(s). =
Modern disk often has only half the transfer rate on the last 1/3 of the =
platters..
diff -u -r1.88 ata-chipset.c
--- ata-chipset.c 10 Sep 2004 10:31:37 -0000 1.88
+++ ata-chipset.c 26 Sep 2004 12:08:56 -0000
@@ -976,6 +976,8 @@
pci_write_config(parent, 0x48, reg48 & ~(0x0001 << devno), 2);
pci_write_config(parent, 0x4a, (reg4a & ~(0x3 << (devno <<=20
2))), 2);
}
+
+ reg54 |=3D 0x0400;
if (mode >=3D ATA_UDMA2)
pci_write_config(parent, 0x54, reg54 | (0x1 << devno), 2);
else
--=20
-S=F8ren
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