[gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

[Alexander Skwar]

Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name> wrote:

> Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de> wrote:
>
>> I had the same problem on my laptop. You have to deactivate generic
>> drivers in your kernel. (Stuff like Generic ATA Support)
>
> Do I need BLK_DEV_IDEDISK, when I've got a SATA disk? But you say that
> I should remove IDE_GENERIC, right?

I now removed everything that I did not need, and now:

- disk is at sda again
- disk is fast again.

Thanks!

FWIW, here's what I changed:

--($:~)-- diff -u /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config{.langsam,}
--- /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config.langsam        2007-07-12 09:17:38.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo/.config        2007-07-12 09:31:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Linux kernel version: 2.6.22-gentoo
-# Tue Jul 10 11:41:34 2007
+# Thu Jul 12 09:31:37 2007
 #
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 #
 # General setup
 #
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".r06.kernel-fuse"
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".r07"
+# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 # CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
 # CONFIG_CPUSETS is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set
+CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 # CONFIG_RELAY is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
-CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
 CONFIG_UID16=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 CONFIG_EVENTFD=y
 CONFIG_SHMEM=y
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
+CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
 CONFIG_SLUB=y
 # CONFIG_SLOB is not set
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
-CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
+# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
+# CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
 CONFIG_KMOD=y
 CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
 
@@ -202,12 +202,7 @@
 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
 # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G is not set
-CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G_OPT=y
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G_OPT is not set
-# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_1G is not set
-CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xB0000000
+CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xC0000000
 CONFIG_ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y
@@ -246,7 +241,7 @@
 CONFIG_PM=y
 # CONFIG_PM_LEGACY is not set
 # CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set
-CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
+# CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set
 # CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set
 CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP=y
 
@@ -549,7 +544,6 @@
 # CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI is not set
 CONFIG_IDE=y
-CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS=4
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
 
 #
@@ -557,8 +551,8 @@
 #
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
-CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set
+# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DELKIN is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
@@ -572,7 +566,7 @@
 #
 # IDE chipset support/bugfixes
 #
-CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+# CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
@@ -582,39 +576,9 @@
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
-# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5535 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT8213 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TC86C001 is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI is not set
 # CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
-# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
 
 #
@@ -632,8 +596,7 @@
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set
 
@@ -649,7 +612,7 @@
 #
 # SCSI Transports
 #
-CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=m
+# CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS is not set
@@ -760,7 +723,6 @@
 # CONFIG_PATA_SIS is not set
 # CONFIG_PATA_VIA is not set
 # CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND is not set
-CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM=m
 
 #
 # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
@@ -794,15 +756,7 @@
 #
 # I2O device support
 #
-CONFIG_I2O=m
-CONFIG_I2O_LCT_NOTIFY_ON_CHANGES=y
-# CONFIG_I2O_EXT_ADAPTEC is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG=m
-# CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG_OLD_IOCTL is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_BUS=m
-CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=m
-# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
-CONFIG_I2O_PROC=m
+# CONFIG_I2O is not set
 # CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS is not set
 
 #
@@ -836,7 +790,7 @@
 # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
 #
 CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
-CONFIG_MII=y
+CONFIG_MII=m
 # CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
 # CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
 # CONFIG_CASSINI is not set
@@ -847,26 +801,7 @@
 #
 # CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
 # CONFIG_HP100 is not set
-CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
-# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
-# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
-# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
-# CONFIG_B44 is not set
-# CONFIG_FORCEDETH is not set
-# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
-# CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set
-# CONFIG_E100 is not set
-# CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
-# CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
-# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
-# CONFIG_8139CP is not set
-# CONFIG_8139TOO is not set
-# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
-# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
-# CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
-# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
-# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
-# CONFIG_SC92031 is not set
+# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
 CONFIG_NETDEV_1000=y
 # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
 # CONFIG_DL2K is not set
@@ -946,7 +881,7 @@
 #
 # Userland interfaces
 #
-CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
+CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
@@ -968,10 +903,10 @@
 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ALPS=y
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP is not set
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP=y
 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK is not set
-# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT is not set
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK=y
+CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT=y
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TOUCHKIT is not set
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
 # CONFIG_MOUSE_APPLETOUCH is not set
@@ -1881,7 +1816,7 @@
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
@@ -1897,7 +1832,7 @@
 # CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set
 CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y
-# CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT is not set
+CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=y
 
 #
 # Security options

Alexander Skwar

-- 
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list