From: Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 and Very Slow PCMCIA Compact Flash
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:09:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1197068983.15428.29.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071207150251.a0dbae23.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 15:02 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:38:24 +0000
> Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org> wrote:
>
> > While I'm reporting problems I'll get this one out there.
> >
> > I normally use a USB-2 memory card reader but I also have a PCMCIA
> > CompactFlash adapter that I use occasionally. During the MM series
> > kernels 2.6.22 and 23 (I am pretty sure) this didn't work at all. I
> > don't know about vanilla since I don't run that.
> >
> > Now with MM kernels 2.6.24 rc1-4 the PCMCIA adapter works again, but I
> > only get read rates of 1.6 MB/s. When it used to work in 2.6.20 I got
> > at least 16 MB/s. The card itself is capable of 30+ in the USB-2
> > reader.
> >
> Are we talking about this?
[cut]
> > It might be that it auto-configures for PIO-0. I have no idea why it
> > does that.
> >
> > Another interesting thing is that doing a dd to or from the card brings
> > the rest of the system to a nearly complete halt. Interrupt problem?
>
> Where are you seeing the evidence that it autoconfigures for PIO-0?
No, this:
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
cs: memory probe 0x50000000-0x57ffffff: excluding 0x50000000-0x57ffffff
cs: memory probe 0xe0100000-0xe17fffff: excluding 0xe0100000-0xe026ffff 0xe03e0000-0xe082ffff 0xe0b10000-0xe10cffff
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
scsi2 : pata_pcmcia
ata3: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x3100 ctl 0x310e irq 19
ata3.00: CFA: LEXAR ATA FLASH, V2.00, max PIO6
ata3.00: 8018640 sectors, multi 0: LBA
ata3.00: configured for PIO0
ata3.00: configured for PIO0
ata3: EH complete
isa bounce pool size: 16 pages
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA LEXAR ATA FLASH V2.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 8018640 512-byte hardware sectors (4106 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 8018640 512-byte hardware sectors (4106 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb: sdb1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Specifically:
ata3.00: configured for PIO0
ata3.00: configured for PIO0
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Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-07 20:38 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 and Very Slow PCMCIA Compact Flash Zan Lynx
2007-12-07 23:02 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-07 23:09 ` Zan Lynx [this message]
2007-12-07 23:22 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-07 23:39 ` Zan Lynx
2007-12-08 5:01 ` Zan Lynx
2007-12-08 10:07 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-09 3:02 ` Zan Lynx
2007-12-09 4:04 ` Andrew Morton
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