Re: won't work: 2.6.0 && SiI 3112 SATA

From: Steffen Beyer
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 07:17:18 EST


On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:09:16 +0100
"Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <PrakashKC@xxxxxx> wrote:

> I am not Jeff but, SATA is embedded SCSI infrastructure, thus you get
> sda device.

Not with the libata VIA driver.

> Performace is so bad because of workaround for Seagate drives (max
> 15kb/transfer or alike). HDParm won't help you.

I had to apply the mm patch for 2.6 to get the full performance out of my
3112 (also Seagate drives) using the IDE (non-libata) driver. Didn't test
libata for the 3112 after applying.

Regards,
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Steffen Beyer <sbeyer@xxxxxxxxxx>

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