From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Artem Bokhan Subject: Re: sata_mv: trial fix for lost NCQ interrupts Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:06:07 +0600 Message-ID: <496F34BF.5010701@ngs.ru> References: <496D04EB.3060803@rtr.ca> <496E53DD.6040408@gmail.com> <496E61E8.5010602@rtr.ca> <496E72D7.2070206@gmail.com> <496EA53F.7000605@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from smtpout1.ngs.ru ([195.93.186.195]:48968 "EHLO smtpout1.ngs.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759901AbZAONKN (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:10:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <496EA53F.7000605@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Harri Olin , IDE/ATA development list , Brian Rademacher , Eamonn Hamilton Sounds great! Sorry, but I can't check the patch in the near future, I=20 don't have necessary hardware at the moment :( Mark Lord =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > Harri Olin wrote: >> .. >> After first 55 minutes of testing, no timeouts yet, so I'm quite sur= e=20 >> it works ok now (yay!). Without this patch, timeouts happened every=20 >> couple minutes on similar load. I think I'll let it run for a day an= d=20 >> report back tomorrow how things are by then. > .. > > Okay, we have a winner! > I just need to get the "okay" from Marvell, > and then I'll feed this patch for 2.6.29 and earlier -stable streams. > >> Note that I didn't apply the previous patch as they don't apply on=20 >> each other. If needed, I can test it separately after running this=20 >> for a while. > .. > > No need. The earlier patch has no effect, other than speeding up your= =20 > system > by a slight amount. I'll submit that for upstream separately, along=20 > with a > fix for another "duh!" I noticed in the code. > > In the meanwhile, you should keep the working patch (obviously) > in your kernels -- the same/similar patch will apply to earlier > kernels if needed. > > Thanks to you and Brian for the legwork! > --=20 > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" = in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html