Re: Promise PDC20269 - PIO Only?

["Theepan" <tornado@linuxfromscratch.org>]

Hi,

Try pass "ide2=ata66" and "ide3=ata66" to the kernel at lilo prompt (or
using 'append' directive in lilo.conf). This requires that you use 80pins
cable instead of standard 40pins cable.

--
Theepan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Huddleston" <jeremyhu@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: <gardiol@libero.it>; <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Mark Hahn" <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Promise PDC20269 - PIO Only?


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> It's still in mode2 after the explicit -X69 or -X70.  I have a 20267 on my
> other system, and it goes to mode5 with just the -d1...
>
> 11:53:45 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> ~ $ hdparm -d1 -X69 /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
>  setting xfermode to 69 (UltraDMA mode5)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>
> (11:53:51 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> ~ $ hdparm -i /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
>
>  Model=Maxtor 6Y120P0, FwRev=YAR41VW0, SerialNo=Y40BMM7E
>  Config={ Fixed }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=240121728
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: (null):
>
>  * signifies the current active mode
>
> (11:55:38 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> ~ $ hdparm -d1 -X70 /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
>  setting xfermode to 70 (UltraDMA mode6)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>
> (11:55:44 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> ~ $ hdparm -i /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
>
>  Model=Maxtor 6Y120P0, FwRev=YAR41VW0, SerialNo=Y40BMM7E
>  Config={ Fixed }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=240121728
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: (null):
>
>  * signifies the current active mode
>
>
> On Sunday October 19 2003 02:39, Willy Gardiol wrote:
> > Ok, you should also set explicitly the dma mode:
> > hdparm -d1 -X69
> > (69=udma100...)
> >
> > Alle Sunday 19 October 2003 12:11, Jeremy Huddleston ha scritto:
> > > I have done this, and the result is that it still doesn't use the
drive
> > > to its full potential:
> > >
> > > (03:07:19 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> > > ~ $ hdparm -d1 /dev/hde
> > >
> > > /dev/hde:
> > >  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> > >  using_dma    =  1 (on)
> > >
> > > (03:07:25 Sun Oct 19 2003 root@eradicator)
> > > ~ $ hdparm -i /dev/hde
> > >
> > > /dev/hde:
> > >
> > >  Model=Maxtor 6Y120P0, FwRev=YAR41VW0, SerialNo=Y40BMM7E
> > >  Config={ Fixed }
> > >  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> > >  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> > >  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=240121728
> > >  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> > >  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > >  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > >  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
> > >  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
> > >  Drive conforms to: (null):
> > >
> > >  * signifies the current active mode
> > >
> > > The PDC-Specific drivers are all compiled into the kernel
> > >
> > > On Sunday October 19 2003 00:08, Willy Gardiol wrote:
> > > > Have you tried to enable uDMA using hdpard after boot?
> > > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hdX
> > > >
> > > > There are also some options in kernel configurations which addresses
> > > > when you have more than one promise comtrollers, have you tried
them?
> > > > Last, also in the ide section of kernel config you can find an
option
> > > > which should enable by default UDMA, have you enabled it?
> > > >
> > > > bye!
> > > >
> > > > Alle Sunday 19 October 2003 03:19, Jeremy Huddleston ha scritto:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been using two Promise PDC20269 cards for almost a year now
in
> > > > > my system. The cards are U133, but when the kernel boots up, I see
> > > > > the message that all the drives are operating in pio mode.  All
the
> > > > > drives are U133 drives, and they are shown as operating in DMA
mode
> > > > > when I put them on another controller.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've noticed this deficiency with vanilla linux-2.4.19 through
> > > > > linux-2.4.21, linux-2.4.22-ac4 as well as 2.6.0-test6-mm4...
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a patch to the 2.4 kernels availible to enable this
support?
> > > > > Is this problem being addressed?  Is there any way I can help out?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Jeremy
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