Re: read-only /sys/block/sda/device/queue_depth

[Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I'm running into the same issue reported here:
>
> <http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/72/361184.html>
>
> I am using the ata_piix module.  If I read the docs correctly, I should 
> be able to use ahci as well; I need to rebuild the kernel though (debian 
> insists on putting ata_piix into the initrd....)
>
> dionysus:~# ls -l /sys/block/sd[abcde]/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-09-01 06:00 
> /sys/block/sda/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-09-01 06:00 
> /sys/block/sdb/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-09-01 06:00 
> /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-09-01 06:00 
> /sys/block/sdd/device/queue_depth
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-09-01 06:00 
> /sys/block/sde/device/queue_depth
>
> If I change the perms to rw, I get an Input/Output error.  AFAICT, the 
> drives support queueing, but it's disabled.

ata_piix does not support NCQ. You have to use AHCI mode for that.

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