[ltp] hdparm scores 38.25 MB/sec on my T40 running SUSE 10.1 RC3

[Daniel Skorka]

T43-1871, Debian sarge, ext3 (not that the filesystem matters for hdparm)

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iapetus:~ # hdparm -Tt /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   3308 MB in  2.07 seconds = 1600.43 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  104 MB in  3.05 seconds =  34.04 MB/sec


iapetus:~ # hdparm -i /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

iapetus:~ # hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       HTS541040G9AT00                         
        Serial Number:      MPB2LAX2DZWW5M
        Firmware Revision:  MB2IA60A
Standards:
        Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a 
        Supported: 6 5 4 3 
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:   78140160
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       38154 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       40007 MBytes (40 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 4      Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
        Advanced power management level: 128 (0x80)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    NOP cmd
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    SMART feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command 
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set 
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set 
           *    SET MAX security extension
                Address Offset Reserved Area Boot
           *    SET FEATURES subcommand required to spinup after power up
                Power-Up In Standby feature set
           *    Advanced Power Management feature set
           *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
           *    SMART self-test 
           *    SMART error logging 
Security: 
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
                frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase
        26min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct


iapetus:~ # hdparm /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 4864/255/63, sectors = 78140160, start = 0
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Note that the SATA bridge makes the harddrive appear to be a SCSI
device, which propably is why 'hdparm -i' and 'hdparm' return no and not
much information.

Daniel