Re: Raid 1 install revealed poor HD performance (I think)

[Jay Strauss <me@heyjay.com>]

Mike Hardy wrote:
> 
> Jay Strauss wrote:
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> 
>>Thanks for the reply Mike.  After some Googling and looking at my kernel
>>config file,  it seems that SIS support is a module, like so:
>>
>>CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513=m
>>
>>I found this link but can't find any of the files that it references
>>
>>http://kerneltrap.org/comment/reply/4925/129324
> 
> 
> That message looks like the trick - the module doesn't have the right
> PCI id for some reason, assuming you have the same chip
> 
> You may not have the kernel source, if you can't find the file with
> locate. You'll need to fetch the kernel source first, then build a
> custom kernel with that line changed.
> 
> This issue came up with my laptop when I first got it - a Dell Latitude
> D800, it has an intel 5705M chipset that was supportable but had a new
> PCI id and so didn't work. The custom kernel was a bit of a pain, but it
> did work, and the patch made its way upstream really quickly. You can
> help that along by posting it to linux-kernel even, most likely
> (assuming it works)
> 
> If not, I will say that this is probably something that should be on
> linux-ide at this point, as it really has nothing to do with raid
> specifically other than this being a decent place to find folks trying
> to help. The linux-ide folks will be closer to the code you're working
> with so might be more capable
> 
> -Mike

Thanks everyone for contributing.  I very much appreciate the help. 
I'll bring this over to the linux-ide as Mike suggests

Again thanks
Jay