Hi!
> > Andy reported 20MB/sec on hdparm. I do not think it is possible to
> > write faster than that. And that seems about ok for notebooks, X32
> > (pretty new) has:
> >
> > root@amd:~# hdparm -t /dev/hda
>
> You named your X32 "amd"? How ... confusing ... (assuming it, like all
> other Thinkpad X series I know, has a Pentium M.)
Historical reasons, sorry. I had athlon64 machine as my main
workstation, then just cp -a'ed it to new system. It is also called
Arima when connected to network, while it is IBM system...
> > /dev/hda:
> > Timing buffered disk reads: 108 MB in 3.01 seconds = 35.85 MB/sec
>
> That's quite a bit better than mine, and I am pretty sure I am the same
> vintage or newer (purchased this summer), but I'm getting barely half
> that speed:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 58 MB in 3.10 seconds = 18.70
> MB/sec
Below are data from my machine... but that should be moved to
linux-ide or something. This thinkpad is from this summer, too, BTW.
Pavel
root@amd:~# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 78140160, start = 0
root@amd:~# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=HTS541040G9AT00, FwRev=MB2IA5BJ, SerialNo=MPB2L0X2GLMG5M
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7539kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=78140160
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,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
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:
* signifies the current active mode
Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!
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