Re: softupdates && write cache && ata tags topic

2003-03-10 Thread msch
Hi, > > Write cacheing is automatically enabled if tagged queueing is enabled > and supported by the disk, so I doubt you're seeing any improvement at > all. I must admit: My statements are based on experience with SCSI Tagged Queuing and SCSI Write Cache. I hope I'm correct if I assume that th

Re: ATA errors on recent -current

2002-04-19 Thread msch
> > So: I changed line 186 in sys/dev/ata/ata-disk.c from > > > > adp->num_tags = atadev->param->queuelen; > > > > to > > > > adp->num_tags = 0x10; > > > > which is roughly the half of the reported queuelenght (which is 0x1F). > > > > And, Terry, I can't avoid to disappoint you... there's abs

Re: ATA errors on recent -current

2002-04-16 Thread msch
> [...] > Since you have one of these beasts, could you maybe try changing > the number of tagged command queue entries you permit to be used > at one time? Of course, I'll do it as soon as... 1) I'm at home again... ;-) 2) Someone tells me how to achive that. I looked at 'man 8 atacontrol' a