64bit/66MHz PCI mobos (Intel STL2, Asus CUR-DLS)

[Steffen Persvold]

W Bauske wrote:
> 
> Steffen Persvold wrote:
> >
> > Chris Black wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:13:33PM +0200, Steffen Persvold wrote:
> > > > Chris Black wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > We have been looking into motherboards that provide 64-bit 66MHz
> > > > > PCI slots and haven't had much luck. We are now evaluating the
> > > [stuff deleted]
> > > >
> > > > The SuperMicro (http://www.supermicro.com) 370DE{6,R} cards are actually
> > > > quite nice. They both have onboard SCSI-3.
> > > >
> > > > The SuperMicro 370DL{3,E,R} are a cheaper variant (LE chipset) and the
> > > > 370DLE is without SCSI.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't checked too much, but I believe all of these boards are
> > > > cheaper than both the Intel and the ASUS boards.
> > >
> > > Have you or anyone used the onboard IDE on these motherboards?
> > > The person working with the Intel serverworks board seems to be
> > > having trouble getting IDE working in ultradma mode. Also, do
> > > any of these boards have onboard video/ethernet?
> > >
> > I'm sorry but I haven't used IDE on these mobos for disks, only CDROM.
> > As for onboard VGA/ethernet, the 370DER has an onboard ATI Rage XL 8MB
> > card and  dual Intel 82557 ethernet controllers. The 370DE6 has an AGP
> > slot and a onboard 82557 ethernet controller.
> >
> 
> I have a 370DLE that does:
> 
> [root at wsb50 /root]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.70 seconds =182.86 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.50 seconds = 18.29 MB/sec
> 
Actually, I located a 6010H (370DER) machine in our lab with 2x800MHz
PIII and an IDE disk. The box is running a 2.2.17 kernel _without_ the
OSB4 IDE patch. Part of the dmesg output :

PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 79, VID=1166,
DID=0211
PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive
hdc: MATSHITA CR-176, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, 29314MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=3737/255/63

# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.65 seconds =196.92 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.58 seconds = 24.81 MB/sec


On a Tyan S2510 (ServerWorks LE chipset) with 2x800MHz PIII same IDE
disk, but running a 2.4.3 kernel (with the OSB4 IDE patch) :

ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
ServerWorks OSB4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 79
ServerWorks OSB4: chipset revision 0
ServerWorks OSB4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive
hdc: ATAPI 24X CDROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: 60036480 sectors (30739 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=3737/255/63,
UDMA(33)

# /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.76 seconds =168.42 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.85 seconds = 22.46 MB/sec

We have (AFAIK) not experienced any problems with them.

Regards
-- 
  Steffen Persvold               Systems Engineer
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