From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us>
To: Frank Sorenson <frank@tuxrocks.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, jeff@garzik.org
Subject: Re: Combined mode quirk removal kills performance
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:46:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <465EEDD3.4070100@seclark.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <465EDF89.9050207@tuxrocks.com>
Frank Sorenson wrote:
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>The patch to "remove combined mode quirk" (git bisect says
>8cdfb29c0cd8018f92214c11c631d8926f4cb032) makes my laptop run slower
>than a dead sloth. "hdparm -T" indicates that buffered disk reads on my
>hard drive drop from 48-50 MB/sec to 1-2MB/sec, and the system is nearly
>unusable.
>
>System is a Dell Inspiron E1705 (Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz) running x86_64 FC6.
>
>Frank
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>frank@tuxrocks.com
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Hi Frank,
I had the same problem. I am running FC6 and had to build a custom
kernel that did not configure
in the old ide driver - then my speed of my harddrive went back to normal.
HTH,
Steve
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2007-05-31 14:45 Combined mode quirk removal kills performance Frank Sorenson
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