From: Bernard Blackham <bernard@blackham.com.au>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Matthew Collins <matt@signalz.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Promise SX8 performance issues and CARM_MAX_Q
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:47:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050325044704.GF4300@blackham.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42438EED.4020202@pobox.com>
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:09:17PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >Indeed there does seem to be new firmware out as of 2/23/05. I ran my
> >tests with the 9/10/04 firmware but I did not adjust the CARM_MAX_Q
> >value. Do either of you happen to know what firmware revisions you
> >tested under?
BIOS boot messages didn't seem to indicate a firmware version, but
this card was only available in stock in early March, so its fairly
likely to have the latest firmware (2/23/05).
> The driver should be solid for _at least_ CARM_MAX_Q==31, presuming that
> the firmware doesn't choke.
We've run it here with CARM_MAX_Q = 32 with a custom stress testing
script and haven't had any incidents so far. CARM_MAX_Q = 33 goes
bad instantly.
> (c) stress the card with fsx, badblocks, iozone, and other tools
> on -multiple ports- simultaneously.
I'll give those a workout over the weekend and let you know the
results.
Thanks,
Bernard.
--
Bernard Blackham <bernard at blackham dot com dot au>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-25 4:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-29 19:50 Promise SX8 driver performance Matt
2005-03-23 17:57 ` Promise SX8 performance issues and CARM_MAX_Q Bernard Blackham
2005-03-23 23:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-23 23:25 ` Matthew Collins
2005-03-25 4:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 4:47 ` Bernard Blackham [this message]
2005-03-26 14:12 ` Bernard Blackham
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