Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:07:59 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Michael BlackHeart <amdmiek@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Old ICH7 SATA-2 question Message-ID: <20130224020759.GA46759@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <91D7CC6D816644C68B49191192DD9A98@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CA%2BAz77OiEauxDK_73NgZgbJCk0HHfmALywS4ZQ3KwQiiuyGDiQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130223211932.GA41809@icarus.home.lan> <CA%2BAz77NHoPc2DoyQDUQQRtbLWrDndmRp91BfjTz7Gfk35r4d5g@mail.gmail.com> <20130224001307.GA43436@icarus.home.lan> <91D7CC6D816644C68B49191192DD9A98@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 01:56:46AM -0000, Steven Hartland wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Chadwick"
> <jdc@koitsu.org>
> >On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 02:28:08AM +0400, Michael BlackHeart wrote:
> >>2013/2/24 Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org>:
> >>
> >>{snipping irrelevant stuff and fixing formatting}
> >>
> >>atapci1@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x01018f card=0x26011043 chip=0x27c08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> >> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> >> device = 'N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller'
> >>
> >>{snip}
> >
> >I had written up a significantly longer reply to this Email, but once I
> >finished and went back reviewing the information provided, my memory
> >recalled having this exact conversation some time ago. After some
> >extensive digging, I found it -- circa late 2008:
> >
> >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/046306.html
> >
> >The result of this conversation was that FreeBSD at the time -- this
> >would have been probably FreeBSD 8.0 or 8.1 -- contained a bug:
> >ata_chipset.c (part of the classic ata(4) driver) was misidentifying the
> >different revisions of ICH7 and therefore limiting controller capacities
> >incorrectly.
> >
> >Possibly a regression has been introduced as a result of the ATA-via-CAM
> >migration (now the default), which uses a completely different set of
> >code.
>
> pciconf:-
> atapci1@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x01018f card=0x26011043 chip=0x27c08086
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>
> The PCI ID's listed aren't AHCI so are using legacy ata not ahci, the two
> devices listed are:-
> { ATA_I82801GB, 0, 0, 1, ATA_UDMA5, "ICH7" },
> { ATA_I82801GB_S1, 0, INTEL_ICH7, 0, ATA_SA300, "ICH7" },
>
> Boot details:-
> atapci0: <Intel ICH7 UDMA100 controller> port..
> ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
> atapci1: <Intel ICH7 SATA300 controller> port...
> ata2: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci1
> ata3: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci1
>
> Then your disks:-
> ada3 at ata2 bus 0 scbus1 target 1 lun 0
> ada3: <WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 51.0AB51> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
>
> So your disks are in theory connected to a sata 2 compatible controller
> which is being correctly identified.
>
> You might want to try a verbose boot to see if that gives any information.
>
> Also check your bios to see if it has an AHCI mode for the controller
> and try that as its currently running in legacy.
Steve,
His controller model is ATA_I82801GB_S1, but does not support AHCI per
Intel spec. The "Desktop" revision of ICH7 (not ICH7R) does not support
AHCI, but supports SATA300. The "Mobile" revision of ICH7 does not
support AHCI and also is limited to SATA150. He has the "Desktop"
revision.
Your above dmesg/ada3 output shown does not indicate the negotiated PHY
speed; it's showing the ATA IDENTIFY results, saying "this disk claims
to support a SATA600 PHY". That's not the same thing.
What's missing from your dmesg/ada3 output is the "transfer rate" and
the supposed PHY speed. That is what's showing up wrong for Michael,
and for another user too.
However, it's a **cosmetic problem**, because the true throughput I/O
rate, despite what dmesg (xpt(4)) says, is actually higher. Another
user mailed me off-list and showed me this.
I have a multitude of terminal windows open right now looking at source
along with 3 or 4 instances of mutt running, answering a crapload of
Email and trying to compose a mail to the list that outlines all of
this.
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| Jeremy Chadwick jdc@koitsu.org |
| UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ |
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