From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 30 11:23:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6C31065692; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B438FC14; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-156-4-144.bna.bellsouth.net [70.156.4.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8UBNXKw084676 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:23:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Oliver Lehmann In-Reply-To: <20090930111734.58106.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> References: <20090930060202.45527.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> <200909301646.35019.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20090930075357.49914.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> <1254304611.2268.962.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090930111734.58106.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:23:27 -0500 Message-Id: <1254309807.2268.1052.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA is to slow comparing with linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:39 -0000 On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 13:17 +0200, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Robert Noland writes: > > > On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 09:53 +0200, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > >> I got a Promise SATA300 TX2plus instead. I'll rune some tests with later > >> (when I'm back home ;)) > > > > I would also be curious how that ahci driver from -CURRENT is performing > > relative to other implementations. > > So there is a new driver - never heard about ahci ;) > Is it sufficient to boot 8.0-RC1 livefs? It looks like ahci is not included > in GENERIC so I have to load the module in the 2nd bootloader I guess. > Something else like disabling the old ata driver? Or will the new driver be > used automatically. I was not sure about the man page what "this one" means > (the ataahci or the ahaci?): > > AHCI hardware is also supported by ataahci driver from ata(4) > subsystem. > If both drivers are loaded at the same time, this one will be given > precedence as the more functional of the two. If the ahci driver is loaded via loader.conf it will override that ata driver. The ahci driver is being actively worked on, so I'm not certain how much of the new code is in RC1, but that is a start. robert. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland FreeBSD