hello, 

i think i can help a little bit , 
i have problem on my PC , i have slow IDE disk , 
disk is new with 16MB cache and have around 6MB/s transfer rate,

so i done compare with utility hdparm,
by default was using DMA turned off , 

speeds:
hdparm -t /dev/hda1

/dev/hda1:
 Timing buffered disk reads:   18 MB in  3.28 seconds =   5.48 MB/sec

i run command: hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda

hdparm -t /dev/hda1

/dev/hda1:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  208 MB in  3.02 seconds =  68.87 MB/sec


probably you have to set up using DMA i think,

cwaki

--- In [email protected], Giovanni Giovannozzi 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm still working on it. Now I'm using 74vhc245 and 74vhc244, to 
buffer the outputs. The system works, but it's still to slow. If you 
want to have an idea, I took these times manually with a cronometer:
>    
>   cd /mnt/hd/flash 9 sec
>   touch prova.txt 8sec
> echo "prova prova prova" > prova.txt
> cat prova.txt 8 sec
> ls 11 sec
> rm prova.txt 8 sec
> cd 8 sec
> 
>   Probably the prototype I made is not accurate enough. You can see 
it here http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7439/fronte14in.jpg and 
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7439/fronte14in.jpg
>   Now I'm working on a new prototype. I'll let you now my results.
>   Best regards,
>    
>                   Giovanni
>   
> 
> sjoerdpieters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: 
>   Hello,
> 
> What is the status of the slow ide disc? Is it still slow or behaves
> it as an 'normal' disc comparing to a 100mbit tcp/ip interface
> 
> Sjoerd.
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "amh_k" wrote:
> >
> > I hesitate if LS is fast enough better find a HCT one.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], Giovanni Giovannozzi 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you very much. I did some mistakes, because someone told 
me 
> > that the foxboard outpus were buffered. Now I think I understood 
> > what to and I'm currently working on it.
> > > I'll let you know my results.
> > > Best regards,
> > > 
> > > Giovanni Giovannozzi
> > > 
> > > gasensio2 ha scritto: 
> > > Hi Giovanni,
> > > 
> > > ext_oe pin is to 'activate' buffers type 74LS245 or similar 
> > > and 'isolate' fox board from 'external world'... 
> > > 
> > > Had you used these buffers for D15..D0 signals ?
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > > --- In [email protected], "giovanni_giovannozzi"
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In [email protected], "hanskanns61" 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello everybody
> > > > > > is there any way to connect and get access to an 3/4" 
> > Harddisk 
> > > with
> > > > > > FAT32 Filesystem?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > thanks for answers
> > > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > I succesfully connected a IDE hard disk to the foxboard.
> > > > > You need to look to the following links to understand which 
> > pins 
> > > you 
> > > > > must connect:
> > > > > foxboard pinout
> > > > > http://www.acmesystems.it/download/fox_j6_complete.pdf
> > > > > http://www.acmesystems.it/download/fox_j7_complete.pdf
> > > > > 
> > > > > IDE pinout
> > > > > http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?
> > > > > aiocp_dp=pinconhdd_ata_int
> > > > > 
> > > > > Axis IDE controller documentation
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > 
http://developer.axis.com/doc/hw/etrax100lx/des_ref/20060209/etrax100
> > l
> > > > > x_10_eide_ata_interf.pdf
> > > > > 
> > > > > In the ide pinout link I gave above there are some pins, 
which 
> > > are 
> > > > > not necessary to connect; their numbers are 20(pin 
missing), 
> > 28 
> > > > > (cable select), 32 (?), 34 (?), 39 (hard disk led).
> > > > > 
> > > > > As I said above, the connection works (I tried creating a 
> > little 
> > > text 
> > > > > file and read, write to it and it works), but I still got a 
> > big 
> > > > > problem: when I connect the hard disk, the system work, but 
> > it's 
> > > > > terribly slow. Maybe the in this problem is involved the 
pin 
> > > ext_oe, 
> > > > > reported in the axis IDE/ATA documetation. I did not 
connect 
> > it, 
> > > > > because I don't know what's it's function and I don't fully 
> > > > > understand the documentation (I'm not expert in electronix).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sorry for my bad english. Hope my pieces of information 
will 
> > be 
> > > > > useful.
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Giovanni
> > > > > 
> > > > > P.S.: Can anyone eplain or give a link for the ext_oe pin?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > 
> > > 
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