Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964910AbVLFB4j (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:56:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964912AbVLFB4j (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:56:39 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:10973 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964910AbVLFB4i (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:56:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:56:16 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andy Isaacson Cc: Nigel Cunningham , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: IDE performance on notebooks [was Re: swsusp performance problems in 2.6.15-rc3-mm1] Message-ID: <20051206015616.GK1770@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20051205081935.GI22168@hexapodia.org> <20051205121728.GF5509@elf.ucw.cz> <1133791084.3872.53.camel@laptop.cunninghams> <200512052328.01999.rjw@sisk.pl> <1133831242.6360.15.camel@localhost> <20051206013759.GI1770@elf.ucw.cz> <20051206014720.GN22168@hexapodia.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051206014720.GN22168@hexapodia.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2241 Lines: 67 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 -- Thanks, Sharp! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/