[gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

Hello.

Yesterday, I installed gentoo-sources-2.6.22. When I now boot this new
kernel, I notice that all of a sudden my SATA disk is addressed with
/dev/hda, whereas it used to be addressed with /dev/sda in 2.6.21. Why's
that?

But much more important: The IDE performance is now extremely bad.

,----[ hdparm  -tT  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
| /dev/hda:
|  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1208.28 MB/sec
|  Timing buffered disk reads:    8 MB in  3.99 seconds =   2.00 MB/sec
`----

With 2.6.21, it's A LOT faster:

,----[ hdparm -tT /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
| /dev/sda:
|  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1207.80 MB/sec
|  Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.01 seconds =  49.76 MB/sec
`----

The drive is (is?) running with udma5 in both cases, according to
hdparm:

,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
| /dev/sda:
|  drive temperature (celsius) is:  42
|  drive temperature in range:  yes
|  HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
| 
|  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00                 , FwRev=MCZOC10H, SerialNo=      MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL
|  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
|  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
|  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?8?
|  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
|  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
|  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
|  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
|  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
|  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
|  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:  ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
| 
|  * signifies the current active mode
`----

,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
| /dev/hda:
|  drive temperature (celsius) is:  41
|  drive temperature in range:  yes
|  multcount     = 16 (on)
| 
|  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, FwRev=MCZOC10H, SerialNo=MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL
|  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
|  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
|  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
|  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
|  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
|  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
|  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
|  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
|  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
|  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:  ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
| 
|  * signifies the current active mode
`----

What do I have to do, so that the drive is fast in kernel 2.6.22 as
well?

I'm booting the 2.6.22 kernel with this entry in grub menu.lst:

,----[ kernel 2.6.22 ]
| title Gentoo GNU/Linux (zuletzt gebauter Kernel mit hda)
|         root (hd0,2)
|         kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata
`----

Kernel 2.6.21 is started with the following entry in grub:

,----[ kernel 2.6.21 ]
| title Gentoo GNU/Linux (vorletzter gebauter Kernel)
|         root (hd0,2)
|         kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata
`----

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar

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Re: [gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2007 10:01 schrieb Alexander Skwar:
> Hello.
>
> Yesterday, I installed gentoo-sources-2.6.22. When I now boot this new
> kernel, I notice that all of a sudden my SATA disk is addressed with
> /dev/hda, whereas it used to be addressed with /dev/sda in 2.6.21. Why's
> that?
>
> But much more important: The IDE performance is now extremely bad.
>
> ,----[ hdparm  -tT  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
>
> | /dev/hda:
> |  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1208.28 MB/sec
> |  Timing buffered disk reads:    8 MB in  3.99 seconds =   2.00 MB/sec
>
> `----
>
> With 2.6.21, it's A LOT faster:
>
> ,----[ hdparm -tT /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
>
> | /dev/sda:
> |  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1207.80 MB/sec
> |  Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.01 seconds =  49.76 MB/sec
>
> `----
>
> The drive is (is?) running with udma5 in both cases, according to
> hdparm:
>
> ,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
>
> | /dev/sda:
> |  drive temperature (celsius) is:  42
> |  drive temperature in range:  yes
> |  HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> |
> |  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00                 , FwRev=MCZOC10H,
> | SerialNo=      MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed
> | DTR>10Mbs }
> |  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> |  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?8?
> |  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
> |  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> |  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> |  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> |  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> |  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> |  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1: 
> | ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
> |
> |  * signifies the current active mode
>
> `----
>
> ,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
>
> | /dev/hda:
> |  drive temperature (celsius) is:  41
> |  drive temperature in range:  yes
> |  multcount     = 16 (on)
> |
> |  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, FwRev=MCZOC10H, SerialNo=MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL
> |  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> |  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> |  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> |  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
> |  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> |  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> |  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> |  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> |  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> |  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1: 
> | ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
> |
> |  * signifies the current active mode
>
> `----
>
> What do I have to do, so that the drive is fast in kernel 2.6.22 as
> well?
>
> I'm booting the 2.6.22 kernel with this entry in grub menu.lst:
>
> ,----[ kernel 2.6.22 ]
>
> | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (zuletzt gebauter Kernel mit hda)
> |         root (hd0,2)
> |         kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1
> | combined_mode=libata
>
> `----
>
> Kernel 2.6.21 is started with the following entry in grub:
>
> ,----[ kernel 2.6.21 ]
>
> | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (vorletzter gebauter Kernel)
> |         root (hd0,2)
> |         kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1
> | combined_mode=libata
>
> `----

I had the same problem on my laptop. You have to deactivate generic drivers in 
your kernel. (Stuff like Generic ATA Support)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2007 14:30 schrieb Florian Philipp:
> Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2007 10:01 schrieb Alexander Skwar:
> > Hello.
> >
> > Yesterday, I installed gentoo-sources-2.6.22. When I now boot this new
> > kernel, I notice that all of a sudden my SATA disk is addressed with
> > /dev/hda, whereas it used to be addressed with /dev/sda in 2.6.21. Why's
> > that?
> >
> > But much more important: The IDE performance is now extremely bad.
> >
> > ,----[ hdparm  -tT  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
> >
> > | /dev/hda:
> > |  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1208.28 MB/sec
> > |  Timing buffered disk reads:    8 MB in  3.99 seconds =   2.00 MB/sec
> >
> > `----
> >
> > With 2.6.21, it's A LOT faster:
> >
> > ,----[ hdparm -tT /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
> >
> > | /dev/sda:
> > |  Timing cached reads:   2414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1207.80 MB/sec
> > |  Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.01 seconds =  49.76 MB/sec
> >
> > `----
> >
> > The drive is (is?) running with udma5 in both cases, according to
> > hdparm:
> >
> > ,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/sda, kernel 2.6.21 ]
> >
> > | /dev/sda:
> > |  drive temperature (celsius) is:  42
> > |  drive temperature in range:  yes
> > |  HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > |
> > |  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00                 , FwRev=MCZOC10H,
> > | SerialNo=      MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec
> > | Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> > |  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> > |  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?8?
> > |  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
> > |  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> > |  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > |  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > |  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> > |  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> > |  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:
> > | ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
> > |
> > |  * signifies the current active mode
> >
> > `----
> >
> > ,----[ hdparm -Him  /dev/hda, kernel 2.6.22 ]
> >
> > | /dev/hda:
> > |  drive temperature (celsius) is:  41
> > |  drive temperature in range:  yes
> > |  multcount     = 16 (on)
> > |
> > |  Model=Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, FwRev=MCZOC10H, SerialNo=MPCZN7Y0H7E5VL
> > |  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> > |  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> > |  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > |  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
> > |  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> > |  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > |  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > |  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> > |  AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> > |  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:
> > | ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7
> > |
> > |  * signifies the current active mode
> >
> > `----
> >
> > What do I have to do, so that the drive is fast in kernel 2.6.22 as
> > well?
> >
> > I'm booting the 2.6.22 kernel with this entry in grub menu.lst:
> >
> > ,----[ kernel 2.6.22 ]
> >
> > | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (zuletzt gebauter Kernel mit hda)
> > |         root (hd0,2)
> > |         kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1
> > | combined_mode=libata
> >
> > `----
> >
> > Kernel 2.6.21 is started with the following entry in grub:
> >
> > ,----[ kernel 2.6.21 ]
> >
> > | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (vorletzter gebauter Kernel)
> > |         root (hd0,2)
> > |         kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1
> > | combined_mode=libata
> >
> > `----
>
> I had the same problem on my laptop. You have to deactivate generic drivers
> in your kernel. (Stuff like Generic ATA Support)

Wow, 8.5 hours delay...

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[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de> wrote:

> I had the same problem on my laptop. You have to deactivate generic
> drivers in your kernel. (Stuff like Generic ATA Support)

Do I need BLK_DEV_IDEDISK, when I've got a SATA disk? But you say that
I should remove IDE_GENERIC, right? 

Alexander Skwar

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[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

> Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de> wrote:
> 
>> I had the same problem on my laptop. You have to deactivate generic
>> drivers in your kernel. (Stuff like Generic ATA Support)
> 
> Do I need BLK_DEV_IDEDISK, when I've got a SATA disk? But you say that
> I should remove IDE_GENERIC, right?

I now removed everything that I did not need, and now:

- disk is at sda again
- disk is fast again.

Thanks!

FWIW, here's what I changed:

--($:~)-- diff -u /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config{.langsam,}
--- /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config.langsam        2007-07-12 09:17:38.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config        2007-07-12 09:31:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Linux kernel version: 2.6.22-gentoo
-# Tue Jul 10 11:41:34 2007
+# Thu Jul 12 09:31:37 2007
 #
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 #
 # General setup
 #
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".r06.kernel-fuse"
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".r07"
+# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 # CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
 # CONFIG_CPUSETS is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set
+CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 # CONFIG_RELAY is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
-CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
 CONFIG_UID16=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 CONFIG_EVENTFD=y
 CONFIG_SHMEM=y
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
+CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
 CONFIG_SLUB=y
 # CONFIG_SLOB is not set
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
-CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
+# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
+# CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
 CONFIG_KMOD=y
 CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
 
@@ -202,12 +202,7 @@
 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
 # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G is not set
-CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G_OPT=y
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G_OPT is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_1G is not set
-CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xB0000000
+CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xC0000000
 CONFIG_ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y
@@ -246,7 +241,7 @@
 CONFIG_PM=y
 # CONFIG_PM_LEGACY is not set
 # CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set
-CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
+# CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set
 # CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set
 CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP=y
 
@@ -549,7 +544,6 @@
 # CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI is not set
 CONFIG_IDE=y
-CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS=4
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
 
 #
@@ -557,8 +551,8 @@
 #
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
-CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set
+# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DELKIN is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
@@ -572,7 +566,7 @@
 #
 # IDE chipset support/bugfixes
 #
-CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+# CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
@@ -582,39 +576,9 @@
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
-# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5535 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT8213 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TC86C001 is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI is not set
 # CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
-# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
 
 #
@@ -632,8 +596,7 @@
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set
 
@@ -649,7 +612,7 @@
 #
 # SCSI Transports
 #
-CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=m
+# CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS is not set
@@ -760,7 +723,6 @@
 # CONFIG_PATA_SIS is not set
 # CONFIG_PATA_VIA is not set
 # CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND is not set
-CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM=m
 
 #
 # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
@@ -794,15 +756,7 @@
 #
 # I2O device support
 #
-CONFIG_I2O=m
-CONFIG_I2O_LCT_NOTIFY_ON_CHANGES=y
-# CONFIG_I2O_EXT_ADAPTEC is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG=m
-# CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG_OLD_IOCTL is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_BUS=m
-CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=m
-# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_PROC=m
+# CONFIG_I2O is not set
 # CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS is not set
 
 #
@@ -836,7 +790,7 @@
 # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
 #
 CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
-CONFIG_MII=y
+CONFIG_MII=m
 # CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
 # CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
 # CONFIG_CASSINI is not set
@@ -847,26 +801,7 @@
 #
 # CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
 # CONFIG_HP100 is not set
-CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
-# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
-# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
-# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
-# CONFIG_B44 is not set
-# CONFIG_FORCEDETH is not set
-# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
-# CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set
-# CONFIG_E100 is not set
-# CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
-# CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
-# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
-# CONFIG_8139CP is not set
-# CONFIG_8139TOO is not set
-# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
-# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
-# CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
-# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
-# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
-# CONFIG_SC92031 is not set
+# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
 CONFIG_NETDEV_1000=y
 # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
 # CONFIG_DL2K is not set
@@ -946,7 +881,7 @@
 #
 # Userland interfaces
 #
-CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
+CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
@@ -968,10 +903,10 @@
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ALPS=y
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP is not set
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP=y
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK is not set
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT is not set
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK=y
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT=y
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TOUCHKIT is not set
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_APPLETOUCH is not set
@@ -1881,7 +1816,7 @@
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
@@ -1897,7 +1832,7 @@
 # CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set
 CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y
-# CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT is not set
+CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=y
 
 #
 # Security options

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Re: [gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Dan Farrell]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:01:44 +0200
Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

> 
> What do I have to do, so that the drive is fast in kernel 2.6.22 as
> well?
> 
> I'm booting the 2.6.22 kernel with this entry in grub menu.lst:
> 
> ,----[ kernel 2.6.22 ]
> | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (zuletzt gebauter Kernel mit hda)
> |         root (hd0,2)
> |         kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 lapic libata.atapi_enabled=1
> | combined_mode=libata
> `----
> 
> Kernel 2.6.21 is started with the following entry in grub:
> 
> ,----[ kernel 2.6.21 ]
> | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (vorletzter gebauter Kernel)
> |         root (hd0,2)
> |         kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda6 lapic
> | libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata
> `----
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alexander Skwar
> 
Have you considered trying with those ata kernel params turned off?
You seem to know what you're doing, but I use no such parameters and
haven't any problems.  
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[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>:

> Have you considered trying with those ata kernel params turned off?

No, I haven't. But I'll consider this first thing tomorrow morning.
Nothing bad can happen - besides an unbootable system ;) And that's 
"fine".

Thanks for this idea!

> You seem to know what you're doing, 

Thx.

> but I use no such parameters and 
> haven't any problems.  

I think I was unable to boot without them in pre 2.6.21 times. But
maybe this has changed. I'll find out.

Thanks again,

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2007 19:53 schrieb Alexander Skwar:
> · Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>:
> > Have you considered trying with those ata kernel params turned off?
>
> No, I haven't. But I'll consider this first thing tomorrow morning.
> Nothing bad can happen - besides an unbootable system ;) And that's
> "fine".
>
> Thanks for this idea!
>
> > You seem to know what you're doing,
>
> Thx.
>
> > but I use no such parameters and
> > haven't any problems.
>
> I think I was unable to boot without them in pre 2.6.21 times. But
> maybe this has changed. I'll find out.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alexander Skwar
> --
> I don't have any use for bodyguards, but I do have a specific use for two
> highly trained certified public accountants.
>                 -- Elvis Presley

I had the same problem two days ago on my laptop. You have to deactivate all 
generic drivers in your kernel. Look for stuff like generic ATA support. The 
info texts should give a hint about it being a generic driver for unsupported 
hardware.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de>:

> I had the same problem two days ago on my laptop. You have to deactivate all 
> generic drivers in your kernel. Look for stuff like generic ATA support. 

Great. A thing to look out for :)

You're also using kernel 2.6.22?

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2007 20:52 schrieb Alexander Skwar:
> · Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de>:
> > I had the same problem two days ago on my laptop. You have to deactivate
> > all generic drivers in your kernel. Look for stuff like generic ATA
> > support.
>
> Great. A thing to look out for :)
>
> You're also using kernel 2.6.22?
>

No, suspend2-2.6.21-r6

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Dan Farrell]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:53:17 +0200
Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

> > but I use no such parameters and 
> > haven't any problems.    
> 
> I think I was unable to boot without them in pre 2.6.21 times. But
> maybe this has changed. I'll find out.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Alexander Skwar
That's probably why then.  I'm still running 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 on the
box with the SATA.  

have you looked at the kernel documentation, ide.txt in particular, and
the ways to specify a particular hw driver for a device?
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[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote:

> Have you considered trying with those ata kernel params turned off?

I did now and it did not change anything :(

Alexander Skwar

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