Re: mkfs.ext2 - state D partitioning stops at 33% /boot

To: Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de>
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Subject: Re: mkfs.ext2 - state D partitioning stops at 33% /boot
From: Gregor Riepl <onitake@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:46:10 +0200
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> No, not that I remember, it looked like from the factory.
> 
> But I was also referring to something like [1]. And I also seem to
> remember similar issues with ALi/ULi chipsets (e.g. used in Blade 100
> and 150).
> 
> [1]: https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Pata_cmd64x#Limitations

Found it in the source...
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c#n386
It's similar for older CMD64x drivers (pre-libata).

And some ancient discussion here:
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9811.3/0154.html

Now that's just sad. :(
MWDMA2 is limited to 16.7MB/s, half the speed of UDMA2.

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