Re: Linux 2.6.29

[Jeff Garzik]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I didn't realize that Jeff had a non-Intel SSD. 
> THAT sure explains the huge drop-off. I do see Intel SSD's fluctuating 
> too, but the Intel ones tend to be _fairly_ stable.

Yeah, it's a no-name SSD.

I've attached 'hdparm -I' in case anyone is curious.  It's from 
newegg.com, so nothing NDA'd or sekrit.

	Jeff


/dev/sdb:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       G.SKILL 128GB SSD                       
	Serial Number:      MK0108480A545003B   
	Firmware Revision:  02.10104
Standards:
	Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 4a 
	Supported: 8 7 6 5 & some of 8
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:  250445824
	device size with M = 1024*1024:      122288 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:      128228 MBytes (128 GB)
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1	Current = ?
	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=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	    	Write cache
	    	Look-ahead
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Host-initiated interface power management
	   *	Phy event counters
Checksum: correct