From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: Roy Franz <roy.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unable to change sata NCQ depth due to readonly /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth file
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:20:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46844232.4070409@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa.5pA6aeQb5Qu4sbwkw3l3yzw2bNQ@ifi.uio.no>
Roy Franz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to change the NCQ settings for a sata drive that
> supports it - NCQ is always on. This is due to the sysfs queue_depth
> file being read-only. This is on
> vanilla 2.6.21.5 running with Debian Etch. (Several earlier versions
> of the kernel
> had this same issue.) The drive (WD Raptor) is hooked up to a Nvidia
> sata controller.
>
> amd64:/# ls -al /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-06-28 10:04
> /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth
> amd64:/# cat /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth
> 31
> amd64:/#
>
> I searched but did not find any helpful information on this. Forcing
> a change by changing permissions on the file did not work.
Looks like sata_nv is missing the change_queue_depth function in the
SCSI host template, resulting in this file showing as read-only. I'll
cook up a patch when I get a chance.
--
Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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2007-06-28 17:19 Unable to change sata NCQ depth due to readonly /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth file Roy Franz
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