From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262160AbULaW00 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:26:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262161AbULaW00 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:26:26 -0500 Received: from mailer2-5.key-systems.net ([81.3.43.243]:28886 "HELO mailer2-1.key-systems.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262160AbULaW0S (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:26:18 -0500 Message-ID: <41D5D206.1040107@mathematica.scientia.net> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:26:14 +0100 From: Christoph Anton Mitterer User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041124) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Questions about the CMD640 and RZ1000 bugfix support options X-Priority: 4 (Low) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig633C14C9158860683C66E8DB" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig633C14C9158860683C66E8DB Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090500060908070701050202" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090500060908070701050202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi. First of all: A happy new year in advance! Now to my question: In the kernel-configuration there are the two options: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 CMD640 chipset bugfix/support and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 RZ1000 chipset bugfix/support At least the second of those two seems to cause some little slowdown ("This may slow disk throughput by a few percent, but at least things will operate 100% reliably."). 1) Is the bigfixing code only activated when a buggy chipset is detected or do I even have a slowdown with proper a properchipset? 2) Can some help me to find out if my system has one of those two chipsets. This might be a dumb question but I'm not sure if CMD640/RZ1000 are only some little IDE controller chipsets or if they were some kind of Southbridge/Nortbridge. If got a Epox 8KTA2 mainboard (having VIA VT82C686A/B chipset). Thanks in advance! Greetings, Christoph Anton Mitterer. --------------090500060908070701050202 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="cam.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="cam.vcf" YmVnaW46dmNhcmQNCmZuOk1pdHRlcmVyLCBDaHJpc3RvcGggQW50b24NCm46TWl0dGVyZXI7 Q2hyaXN0b3BoIEFudG9uDQpvcmc6TXVuaWNoIFVuaXZlcnNpdHkgb2YgQXBwbGllZCBTY2ll bmNlcztEZXBhcnRtZW50IG9mIE1hdGhlbWF0aWNzIGFuZCBDb21wdXRlciBTY2llbmNlDQph ZHI7cXVvdGVkLXByaW50YWJsZTtxdW90ZWQtcHJpbnRhYmxlOjs7TG90aHN0cmE9QzM9OUZl IDM0O009QzM9QkNuY2hlbjtGcmVpc3RhYXQgQmF5ZXJuOzgwMzM1O0ZlZGVyYWwgUmVwdWJs aWMgb2YgR2VybWFueQ0KZW1haWw7aW50ZXJuZXQ6Y2FtQG1hdGhlbWF0aWNhLnNjaWVudGlh Lm5ldA0KdGVsO2hvbWU6KzQ5IDg5IDI0NDA5MzkwDQp0ZWw7Y2VsbDorNDkgMTcyIDg2MTcz NDENCngtbW96aWxsYS1odG1sOlRSVUUNCnVybDpodHRwOi8vZmhtLmVkdS8NCnZlcnNpb246 Mi4xDQplbmQ6dmNhcmQNCg0K --------------090500060908070701050202-- --------------enig633C14C9158860683C66E8DB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB1dIJmstaume4L0MRAtuxAKCvIOnF8xiT9wLBuZu9zIAKrBAZfwCgq8E/ P2D3l1FnIxBS37gO3+SO75A= =kiQp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig633C14C9158860683C66E8DB--