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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
To: Stuart Brady <sdbrady@ntlworld.com>
Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Hanging with kernels >= 2.4.22
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:21:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040222062105.GF30849@colo.lackof.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040221075849.GA1642@calypso>

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:58:49AM +0000, Stuart Brady wrote:
> Thanks! Changing NCR_700_MAX_TAGS to 1 in drivers/scsi/53c700.h did the
> trick. Will I now have poor disk performance? If so, might I get away
> with setting it to something higher, like 2 or 4, maybe?

You can try, but I don't think it's worth it.

> I've not heard of tagged command queues before - the idea seems to be to
> transfer data to the drive as early as possible, but make decisions as
> to what should be written first at a later stage. Is that correct?

Sort of yes. The reasons are a bit more complicated than that.
Key reasons are better utilization of disk buffer (w/o enabling WCE)
and allow disk firmware to optimize for maximum throughput.
There are tradeoffs and caveats to both.

> > Maybe a FAQ entry for "715/xxx hangs" could be your first contribution?
> 
> That's a good idea. Where should I send the entry? Here?

Yes please. Making a diff against the file carlos pointed at
would be easiest for me. But I'll take a single paragraph
in plain text as well.

The FAQ entry should mention which machines/SCSI controllers/disks
are affected and how to set the queuedepth. Anything else is
extra credit and I reserve the right to edit it out. :^)

thanks,
grant

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-02-22  6:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-18 23:52 [parisc-linux] Hanging with kernels >= 2.4.22 Stuart Brady
2004-02-19  6:29 ` Grant Grundler
2004-02-21  7:58   ` Stuart Brady
2004-02-21 17:05     ` Carlos O'Donell
2004-02-21 18:24       ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-02-22  6:04         ` Carlos O'Donell
2004-02-22 14:46       ` Riccardo
2004-02-22 15:30         ` Joel Soete
2004-02-22 17:16           ` Riccardo
2004-02-22 17:54             ` Joel Soete
2004-02-22  6:21     ` Grant Grundler [this message]

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