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Date:      Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:02:04 +1000
From:      "Chris Richards" <chrisric@routemaster.net>
To:        <ticso@cicely.de>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: USB 2.0 external hard drive only 1.000MB/s transfers
Message-ID:  <0C9AA1AB019C4A44AE29659CF2BB203202F19C@gir.routemaster.net>

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Hi,
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The requested output is below and I understand what you are saying about =
the speed of a drive vs USB 2.0. I have plugged the drive into Windows =
XP and transferred a file to it from another computer over my 100Mb LAN =
and it sits at around 9,000KB's so it is definitely capable of going =
faster than it currently is on FreeBSD.
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Cheers.
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-Chris
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root@spunky2 <mailto:root@spunky2> :~# usbdevs -v
Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), =
VIA(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
Controller /dev/usb1:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), =
VIA(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 addr 2: full speed, self powered, config 1, USB TO IDE(0x0702), =
vendor 0x05e3(0x05e3), rev 0.33
Controller /dev/usb2:
addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), =
VIA(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered
Controller /dev/usb3:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), =
Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 addr 2: full speed, power 160 mA, config 1, EZ USB/Ethernet =
Converter(0x0200), SMC, Inc(0x0707), rev 1.01

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From: Bernd Walter [mailto:ticso@cicely12.cicely.de]
Sent: Tue 20/09/2005 12:48 AM
To: Chris Richards
Cc: hselasky@c2i.net; freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: USB 2.0 external hard drive only 1.000MB/s transfers



On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 08:17:36AM +1000, Chris Richards wrote:
> Hi,
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> Here is the output with the different block size.
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> root@spunky2:~$ dd if=3D/dev/da0 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D64000
> ^C4262+0 records in
> 4262+0 records out
> 272768000 bytes transferred in 269.048179 secs (1013826 bytes/sec)

What does usbdevs -v say?

> From: owner-freebsd-usb@freebsd.org on behalf of Hans Petter Selasky
> Sent: Sun 18/09/2005 9:05 PM
> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: USB 2.0 external hard drive only 1.000MB/s transfers
>
> On Friday 16 September 2005 08:45, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 September 2005 14:01, Chris Richards wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I bought a USB 2.0 external hard drive and USB 2.0 PCI card to use =
for
> > > backups on my FreeBSD box but the drive is recognised as only =
being able
> > > to do 1.000MB/s transfers. Obviously a USB 2.0 drive should be =
able to
> > > transfer data a lot faster... I have checked my config and can't =
see any

No - A high-speed drive should be able to transfer faster, but USB2.0
just means compliance with USB2.0 specs and not that it is high-speed.
It is completely OK for a USB2.0 drive to be just full-speed.
That said, even with a high-speed drive it finally can still be a slow
one.

--
B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
bernd@bwct.de                                  info@bwct.de






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