From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Koch Subject: Re: poor sata performance on 2.6 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:34:31 -0500 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <407F1C07.6050104@umn.edu> References: <200404150236.05894.kos@supportwizard.com> <1082001287.407e0787f3c48@webmail.LaTech.edu> <200404151455.36307.kos@supportwizard.com> <1082044297.407eaf894ddda@webmail.LaTech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mhub-m6.tc.umn.edu ([160.94.23.36]:22459 "EHLO mhub-m6.tc.umn.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261981AbUDOXeg (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:34:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1082044297.407eaf894ddda@webmail.LaTech.edu> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Ryan Geoffrey Bourgeois Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Ryan Geoffrey Bourgeois wrote: >>I'm almost ready to buy separate controller, but all that I could find nearby >> >>are based on the same Silicon Image chipset >> >> >> > >I do recomend Promise's SATA controller cards. The kernel drivers are excellent >imho. As well as my onboard Promise TX2, I'm using a thei S150 SX4 RAID5 >capable controller in my file server. A controlle ard should be easy enough to >finnd online. I shop at NewEgg.com. Good prices, highly rcommended. > >I'm gonna take a look at your .config as soon as I get back to my own computer. > >Cheers. >-Ryan > >------------------------------------------------- >This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > What kernel/driver are you using for the S150 SX4? I couldn't ever get better than 13MB/sec from it in 2.6. Of course, the last I tried was 2.6.3. I could get 55MB/sec using 2.4 and Promise's partial source driver, but since my onboard SATA controller works fine in 2.6 I'm just using that meanwhile. Thanks, Simon