linux-kernel - Re: [loongson-PATCH-v1 24/27] fixup for FUJITSU disk

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Message-ID: <4A1AEBF7.7040402@ru.mvista.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 23:05:27 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	胡洪兵 <huhb@...ote.com>, yanh@...ote.com,
	wuzhangjin@...il.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Philippe Vachon <philippe@...pig.ca>,
	Zhang Le <r0bertz@...too.org>,
	Zhang Fuxin <zhangfx@...ote.com>,
	Arnaud Patard <apatard@...driva.com>,
	loongson-dev@...glegroups.com, gnewsense-dev@...gnu.org,
	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...r.at>,
	Liu Junliang <liujl@...ote.com>,
	Erwan Lerale <erwan@...scow.com>
Subject: Re: [loongson-PATCH-v1 24/27] fixup for FUJITSU disk

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>>yanh 写道:

> [...]

>>>the cs5536 pata driver have some geode platform dependent codes. We can
>>>just ignore it, but the performance is poor(using hdparm to test it),
>>>which only get 22+ MB/s. we find it only use udma2. However if using
>>>amd74xx driver, it can set udma5, and the speed can reach to 50+ MB/s. 

>>>we will test whether this driver is working well without this patch.

>>>Anyway, thanks your advice.

>>Use the driver drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.c, unfortunately it also have the 
>>same issue.

> Both drivers (pata_cs5536 & cs5536) should handle UDMA5.

> Could you please explain the issue with platform specific code a bit more?

> Is it related to a cable detection by any chance?

    I guess it's rdmsr()/wrmsr()...

> Thanks.
> Bart

MBR, Sergei
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