On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Alexander Valys wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:52:10 -0400
> From: Alexander Valys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Hard Disk Slowdown w/new mobo?
>
> I'm actually running 2.2.16, but I'll give it a try.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 19:41
> To: Alexander Valys
> Subject: Re: Hard Disk Slowdown w/new mobo?
>
>
> > ATA66 cable, and are ATA66 capable drives, but they only run at around 2.5
> > mb/sec (hdparm -t). Any way to speed these things up? I've heard they
>
> and when you "hdparm -d1"? I'm guessing you're running a crappy
> old 2.2 kernel that isn't smart enough to do this automatically.
>
>
FYI...
AFAIK the new Apollo south bridge, VT82C686A, won't do DMA in 2.2.x...
w/o some hacking...
(Folks might want a back port of 2.3/2.4 via82C586.c for 2.2)
hdparm -d1, kernel 2.2.16, gives
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error )
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hda: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
Once back in PIO mode it runs fine but slow
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