[elrepo] kmod-sata_via module for CentOS7

[Tristan Evans]

That would be so amazing. Thank you!

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 1:03 PM Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 4:51 AM Tristan Evans <azurepancake at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 12:23 PM Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 9:18 AM Tristan Evans <azurepancake at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi, I sent this before I was subscribed and I'm not sure if it got
> out. I am now subscribed and sending. Apologies if I created a duplicate
> message.
> >> >
> >> > I'm running into an issue with the "sata_via" module on CentOS7.
> >> >
> >> > I have a system that has super high I/O latency when using this
> module. The system is pretty much unusable. If I install CentOS8 and load
> the kmod-sata_via module from ELREPO, everything works great!
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure what the difference is between the CentOS7 "sata_via"
> module and the ELREPO one, but whatever it is, it fixes my issue.
> >> >
> >> > The problem is, for reasons I don't think it is necessary to get
> into, I can't go to CentOS8. And sadly, I can't seem to find the
> kmod-sata_via module for CentOS7 (I would imagine that is because it is
> already part of the system).
> >> >
> >> > I'm not too sure what to do at this point to get this system running
> properly on CentOS7. This my be a very stupid question, but I'm asking out
> of desperation, is there anyway I can somehow obtain a kmod-sata_via module
> for CentOS7?
> >> >
> >> > Sorry if I'm lacking any details, still trying to learn a lot of this
> stuff. I will be happy to provide anything that may be useful.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Tristan
> >>
> >> Can you provide the device ID pairing [xxxx:yyyy] as reported by 'lspci
> -nn' ?
> >>
> >> Akemi
> >
> > Hi Akemi, of course:
> >
> > 00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Serial ATA
> Controller [1106:5287] (rev 20)
> >
>
> We are trying to see if we can backport the code from a newer kernel.
>
> Akemi
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