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Re: SCSI driver speeds



Maybe it's my hardware, but kernel-2.4.0 is faster than 2.4.7 and
2.4.12 on the _same_ box. Which options to set in menuconfig to get at
least the 2.4.0 speed?

Lawrence Walton writes:
 > Svante Signell [svante.signell@telia.com] wrote:
 > > Hello Debianers,
 > > 
 > > When running kernel-2.4.0 SCSI disk speed is reported at boot time
 > > to synchronous at 40MB/s (bios setting), and measured to 19.2 MB/s
 > > using hdparm -t /dev/sda. However, when booting kernels 2.4.7 and
 > > 2.4.12 speed is going down to reported 11.6 MB/s and measured 9.4
 > > MB/s.
 > > 
 > > Tagged Command Queueing is reported enabled on kernels-2.4.7,2.4.12,
 > > not on 2.4.0. How to disable at boot and in .config if this is causing
 > > the slowdown?
 > > 
 > > I'm running Debian/unstable, kernels are compiled by hand, using make-kpkg.
 > > sda is an IBM 8GB DDRS-39130D with a main board controller AIC-7895.
 > > 
 > > Svante
 > It might just be your hardware.
 > 
 > sym53c895-0-<6,*>: FAST-20 WIDE SCSI 40.0 MB/s (50.0 ns, offset 31)
 > SCSI device sdd: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB)
 > 
 > /dev/sdd:
 >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.41 seconds = 26.56 MB/sec
 > 
 > lawrence@the-penguin:~$ uname -a
 > Linux the-penguin 2.4.12-ac3 #2 Tue Oct 16 12:20:46 PDT 2001 i686 unknown
 > 
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