Re: Time to change tp Ubuntu? (Was USB/XFS/64bit/SuSE/Thinkpad problem)

Hi Frank,

it's your decision, but remember: this is a mobile list. Your problem 
seems to be DMA or SATA, but nothing mobile special. I would suggest 
you ask on [email protected].

Don't get me wrong...

matthias

Am Montag, 23. April 2007 19:30 schrieb Frank Fiene:
> Hi everybody.
>
> Maybe after using SuSE since version 4... it is time to change to
> (K)Ubuntu.
>
> Has someone read about my performance problems with
> USB/XFS/64bit/SuSE-10.2?
>
> Hmm, what can i say? Kubuntu is faster loaded from CD as SuSE started
> from HD accessing my S-ATA-Disk.
>
> Maybe ;-) it is a DMA problem, because SuSE says:
>
> +++snip+++
> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000032500 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq
> 66 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000032580 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0
> irq 66 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000032600 ctl 0x0 bmdma
> 0x0 irq 66 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000032680 ctl 0x0
> bmdma 0x0 irq 66
>
> +++snip+++
>
> But Kubuntu says:
>
> +++snip+++
> [   59.529889] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000044500 ctl
> 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16
> [   59.529969] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000044580 ctl
> 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16
> [   59.530050] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000044600 ctl
> 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16
> [   59.530128] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000044680 ctl
> 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16
> +++snip+++
>
> What means bmdma and ctl? Why is it 0x0 on SuSE? Why another IRQ?
>
> Can someone help? I want really keep SuSE! ;-)
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