Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:49:00 +0100 | From | Tomas Szepe <> | Subject | Re: Identifying/activating faster ATAxx modes (WAS kernel config tale of woe) |
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> /dev/hda: > > Model=Maxtor 6E030L0, FwRev=NAR61590, SerialNo=E106SZLE > Config={ Fixed } > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60058656 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 > AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled > Drive conforms to: (null): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > > Output from hdparm -tT > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.44 seconds =290.91 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 8.11 seconds = 7.89 MB/sec
This is weird. Your disk seems to be set up for udma6 (UATA133), which should provide for transfer rates of at least 40MiB/s.
Could you try a recent -ac kernel? It comes with a significantly more modern IDE driver that fixes lots of issues with newer chipsets.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/2.4.20/patch-2.4.20-rc2-ac3.gz (apply on top of patch-2.4.20-rc2 found in /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/)
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