From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 11 9:52:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from test.tar.com (test.tar.com [204.95.187.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4BD1510B for ; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 09:52:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dick@test.tar.com) Received: (from dick@localhost) by test.tar.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA00460; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:52:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dick) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:52:39 -0600 From: "Richard Seaman Jr." To: Soren Schmidt Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiS ata Driver (was Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!) Message-ID: <19991211115239.A339@tar.com> References: <199912090751.IAA79179@freebsd.dk> <199912091028.LAA16181@freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <199912091028.LAA16181@freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 11:28:20AM +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Soren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 03:02:37PM +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > OK, you asked for it, following is a patch to support the > > > > sis 5591 chipset. Remember this is done blindfolded, I > > > > have no HW to test on, but you guys do :) > > > > > > Seems to work. I'll let it run for a few days, but I'd guess it > > > is fine. > > > > Great, I have a sligthly modified version that I'd like you to test, > > but it'll have to wait until I get home to my dev box. > > Thanks for testing it out!! > > Can I have you try this patch instead, it is much simpler, and > should give the same results if I read the SiS specs right.. Tried it. Same result as the last patch. Seems to work fine. If you want the dmesg, let me know (same as last time, which I sent you). No problems over the last 2 days with the ata driver. FYI: wd vs ata on AMD 266 with SiS 5591 and IBM-DJNA-371800: -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU WD 512 9204 95.1 13615 68.5 5741 34.0 10051 92.2 15282 45.4 135.9 3.6 ATA 512 9446 95.2 13723 72.1 4430 25.4 10187 92.0 14836 42.9 132.0 3.5 -- Richard Seaman, Jr. email: dick@tar.com 5182 N. Maple Lane phone: 262-367-5450 Chenequa WI 53058 fax: 262-367-5852 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message