Re: [git patches] libata updates

Jeff Garzik
2007-04-30T20:31:53Z

Stephen Clark wrote:
> Yeah the kernel will boot but the hd performance is sh*t on my laptop. I
> am running FC6 with
> kernel 2.6.21 and without the combined_mode setting my disk performance
> goes down to a
> whopping 1.25mb/sec from 44mb/sec when I boot with combined_mode=libata.
> It make my
> system unusable!

No, that's the split-driver configuration that causes the slowdown.

Now that both drivers fully support the hardware, either driver can make
things go full speed.

Please try testing the update first :)

Jeff