From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NiENi-00038h-Bo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A43B6E0817; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com (mail-ew0-f224.google.com [209.85.219.224]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D26E0817 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so2779262ewy.26 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:57:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=iRaHK7jFcIiRxGjpy+uqrvCQ+ekq+h4sm9s/vnrbZw8=; b=Ier6k+8YUhp8FgbRtsqWZZE4wmB8tJDf6SoDZZq8B5Q+C7NyDXwnJZdOm3BsxVCG5i 1DSh4++25xjjQwu1h7h2kShVZs+7mZqOcejTjEROGQjkPs7OIl9EeFUNPgdqJMiAQDir mXyJZYB2u0rsW9eA2oo5m8enoIlY9u96thA9M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=FTfbIeYVByAy3YiXaNSp27DMdd3k/6pzEcoiwwGOnByNHEPjg2cjO8vbTozItzvl8J JWctrW5Vy5awQq7Z2XF15gsr+OwiGw6B0Teh1541lCHhLbgbpirkroRa1VWAiaPw5gzg qTbIet5PDt00FnDWU6qjGq+mFCiBGB4c/Cj2Q= Received: by 10.213.97.4 with SMTP id j4mr147740ebn.9.1266530245696; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:57:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from lappy.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm6869618ewy.12.2010.02.18.13.57.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:57:24 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm -d 1 -X 68 ? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:18 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.31-gentoo-r6; KDE/4.3.3; i686; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1401474.2InDT5QQPg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201002182157.21166.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0f379403-e1bd-4adb-aa36-5f1518d523f0 X-Archives-Hash: 11b7c3efc5e6d084f2f49728f508b100 --nextPart1401474.2InDT5QQPg Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 18 February 2010 14:33:38 James wrote: > Hello, >=20 >=20 > hdparm -i /dev/hda >=20 > Model=3DIBM-DJNA-371350, FwRev=3DJ76OA30K, SerialNo=3DGM0GMGB6505 > Config=3D{ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } > RawCHS=3D16383/16/63, TrkSize=3D0, SectSize=3D0, ECCbytes=3D34 > BuffType=3DDualPortCache, BuffSize=3D1966kB, MaxMultSect=3D16, MultSect= =3D16 > CurCHS=3D16383/16/63, CurSects=3D16514064, LBA=3Dyes, LBAsects=3D26520480 > IORDY=3Don/off, tPIO=3D{min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA=3D{min:120,rec:120} > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 > AdvancedPM=3Dno WriteCache=3Denabled > Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4 >=20 > * signifies the current active mode >=20 >=20 > Should I put the drive into udma4 mode? >=20 > If so, wouldn't I use: >=20 > hdparm -d 1 -X 68 /dev/hda According to the hitachi manual (who made this drive for IBM) the DJNA-3XXX= XX=20 series has a Ultra ATA Mode 2 (33.3 MB per second) capability. So the kern= el=20 is not lying in this case and you can trust hdparm in what it shows. I=20 suggest you leave alone. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1401474.2InDT5QQPg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkt9t8EACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYvLgCgk4DHi1p47nDPWyjJdDfhO4Yq AKYAnAiVNuJqQFuTs1QcLumgrJXE6txg =dVsi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1401474.2InDT5QQPg--