Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 18:25:27 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPDATE4: ATA/ATAPI driver new version available. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903281824410.78868-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903281748170.78386-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Brian Feldman wrote: > I tried this out just as soon as I saw the announcement! Your driver is > really coming along well. I have three basic problems with it: > > 1. A hard reset is necessary to get the CD-ROM drive to work with acd. > > wdc0: unit 1 (atapi): <NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:285/3.04>, removable, dma, iordy > wcd0: drive speed 2067KB/sec, 128KB cache > wcd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-DA > wcd0: Audio: play, 16 volume levels > wcd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > wcd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked > > > 2. My LS-120 still has no reliability with the driver, as reads are > corrupted extremely often. > > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <LS-120 COSM 02 UHD Floppy/0271C09T>, removable, iordy > wfd0: medium type unknown (no disk) > > > 3. DMA is ineffective with file-system use. I can read from the raw > device rad0 at 4.5MB/s with a 1mb block size, but when I use iozone performance > is around 2.5MB/s. Mounting wd shouldn't affect that, should it? I used the > same device special files to mount as before, with ATA_STATIC being used, > and noticed this. Better yet, I'll try this with a corrected fstab then > report back. Didn't think it would help... I corrected fstab, but the slow speed is still there. (And I notice it's time to fix my sig.) > > > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ > green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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