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DMA på en soekris 4801

 

Hej gruppe,

Jeg har en disk i en soekris 4801'er - disk-access er pæææænnttt langsom, så jeg ville se om ikke jeg ku komme til at aktivere DMA:

# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda

 /dev/hda:
 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
 using_dma    =  0 (off)

 - men nej. Hvorfor ikke? Den skulle understøtte det?

Lidt mere info:
# hdparm /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 multcount    = 16 (on)
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  0 (off)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 65535/16/63, sectors = 40007761920, start = 0

# hdparm -i /dev/hda>
/dev/hda:

 Model=IC25N040ATCS05-0, FwRev=CS4OA63A, SerialNo=CLP425F4GGTMVA
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7898kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 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-5 T13 1321D revision 3:

 * signifies the current active mode


 - og ja, den ER langsom:

# hdparm -tT /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   192 MB in  2.01 seconds =  95.39 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   10 MB in  3.28 seconds =   3.05 MB/sec


Hvad bør jeg kunne smide afsted til den disk, for at få lidt mere performance ud af den?

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