From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262329AbVFII0c (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2005 04:26:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262330AbVFII0c (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2005 04:26:32 -0400 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.182.201]:45200 "EHLO nproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262329AbVFII02 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2005 04:26:28 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MGeLQ9q97Wbg3x7d6iqU4JnvNsCZ4hP0Tv4l8kzCI+xLoxtrCsIszwmpzInX7RFkFAMjGmAbpm5DJGmSesE5GPyDtxB1CoFWq3W5lIElKMa/xnWc7/kAWSKagtEt/rg1AusqEE3mwwkmtACT1XafpceKvIo7zIPbDY9FFMSue3Y= Message-ID: <4ad99e05050609012630a2ad3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:26:26 +0200 From: Lars Roland Reply-To: Lars Roland To: Sonny Rao Subject: Re: Fusion MPT driver version 3.01.20 VS. version 2.03.00 Cc: Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <20050607224033.GA14108@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4ad99e050506071428278c3018@mail.gmail.com> <20050607224033.GA14108@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 6/8/05, Sonny Rao wrote: > Hi, I have an x335 here that I'm using on 2.6.11.11 > > > > Fusion MPT base driver 3.01.18 > Copyright (c) 1999-2004 LSI Logic Corporation > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup > ioc0: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator} > Fusion MPT SCSI Host driver 3.01.18 > scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01000e00h, Ports=1, MaxQ=222, IRQ=22 > Vendor: IBM-ESXS Model: MAS3367NC FN Rev: C901 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through > SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > Vendor: IBM-ESXS Model: MAS3367NC FN Rev: C901 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > SCSI device sdb: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) > SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through > SCSI device sdb: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) > SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: unknown partition table > Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 > Vendor: IBM Model: 25P3495a S320 1 Rev: 1 > Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > Drive is a 15k 36GB disk: > > hdparm -t /dev/sda > > /dev/sda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 226 MB in 3.01 seconds = 75.07 MB/sec > > So I'm not seeing that problem, does your dmesg output from the driver > pretty much match what I have? > > Sonny > Our is a 10K drive - this is my dmesg output (from 2.6.12-rc5) - only difference I can see is the ANSI SCSI revision (I have never investigated the SCSI subsystem much in the kernel so how does one interpreted the ANSI SCSI revision number ?). Fusion MPT base driver 3.01.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2004 LSI Logic Corporation ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup ioc0: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator} Fusion MPT SCSI Host driver 3.01.20 scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01032715h, Ports=1, MaxQ=222, IRQ=169 Vendor: IBM-ESXS Model: CBR036C31210ESFN Rev: DFQ8 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Vendor: IBM Model: 25P3495a S320 1 Rev: 1 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver 3.01.20 I have tried switching the 335 for another one but the performance is till very low so I am quite sure that it is not a hardware problem. Also compiling the driver as a module does not make any difference. Regards. Lars Roland