From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:28:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:28:48 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.1]:23494 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:28:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 01:58:34 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: LA Walsh Cc: lkml Subject: Re: IDE0 /dev/hda performance hit in 2217 on my HW - more info - maybe extended partitions Message-ID: <20001114015834.A24158@veritas.com> In-Reply-To: <00111322024100.20267@dax.joh.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from law@sgi.com on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 03:47:27PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 03:47:27PM -0800, LA Walsh wrote: > Some further information in response to a private email, I did hdparm -ti > under both > 2216 and 2217 -- they are identical -- this may be something weird > w/extended partitions... What nonsense. There is nothing special with extended partitions. Partitions influence the logical view on the disk, but not I/O. (But the outer rim of a disk is faster than the inner side.) Moreover, you report elapsed times 0:27, 0:22, 0:24, 0:28, 0:21, 0:24, 0:27 where is this performance hit? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/