Re: Poor performance during disk writes

[Reid Hekman]

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 19:36, jlm wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 20:09, Reid Hekman wrote:
> 
> > Specific kernel version, df, & hdparm output would all be helpful. 
> /usr 24> uname -a
> Linux PC2 2.4.16 #1 Sun Dec 2 15:26:09 EST 2001 i586 unknown

Is PCI IDE support for your chipset compiled in? PCI DMA by default?

> non-removable ATA device, with non-removable media
>         Model Number:           ST320413A                               
>         Serial Number:          6ED2305M            
>         Firmware Revision:      3.39    
[...]
> Capabilities:
>         LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
>         Buffer size: 512.0kB    Queue depth: 1
>         Standby timer values: spec'd by standard
>         r/w multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
>         DMA: mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 
>              Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns

Can you set udma on the drive instead?

> - Dave Olson

Regards,
Reid