I got over 30MB/s read speed on freescale iMX6 with 8bit eMMC 4.4 spec
@49.5M :)


2013/12/17 William Hermans <[email protected]>

> The device tree file for the BBB shows it in 8bit mode.
>
> What I am thinking is that perhaps the low level block device driver in
> the kernel needs optimizing. That and it is not specific to the eMMC
> either. I have no proof here, I have just been noticing a trend with 21MB/s
> about the ceiling for storage speeds. Booting from USB also shows hdparm
> speeds max of 21MB/s( writes ) with reads at 10MB/s. The write / read
> speeds seems to be swapped when compared to an x86 Windows, or Linux
> system. So yeah, seems a bit fishy to me.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I agree.I suspect that the eMMC is actually set to 4bit in some of the
>> kernels and there may be other issues going on as well..
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:52 PM, John Syne <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Gerald Coley <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Monday, December 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM
>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Boot Android from eMMC without Micro SD ??
>>>
>>> eMMC runs at 48MHZ.
>>> uSD runs at 48MHz.
>>> eMMC is 8bit.
>>> uSD is 4bit.
>>>
>>> Hi Gerald,
>>>
>>> Based on the specs, you would think that eMMC would run faster, but it
>>> doesn’t. Run the following Linux command to test the speed of each device:
>>> sudo hdparm –tT /dev/mmc0blk0p1
>>>
>>> SDCard 21MB/s
>>> eMMC 12MB/s
>>>
>>> This doesn’t make sense, but perhaps there is something else going on.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Efecan Yilmaz <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not an expert but I think, If you want speed, you should use an SD
>>>> cards like this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/memory-cards-hdd-odd/memory-cards-accessories/micro-sd-plus-accessories/MB-MPAGA/EU?subsubtype=micro-sd-plus-accessories
>>>>
>>>> or something which has min 30 mb/s read speed. I'm using the one in the
>>>> link and my Beaglebone is working without a problem with TI's Android
>>>> image. Don't waste your time trying to boot Beaglebone from eMMC. If you
>>>> use a high speed SD card you'll get better performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, 16 December 2013 08:22:58 UTC+2, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gerald,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you please tell us how this is possible as i also want to flash
>>>>> android or even ubuntu desktop on eMMC. b'coz i want to speed up the OS. I
>>>>> have ubuntu on sdCard but it is very slow.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, September 2, 2013 5:19:33 PM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, I understand totally. But, the idea is to make sure the board is
>>>>>> OK and functioning, so that is what I suggest going back to the factory
>>>>>> image to make sure. Then work the Android issue. I don't know of anyone
>>>>>> that has flashed the eMMC with an Android image. everything i have seen 
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> far is SD card booting only. But it should be possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Efecan Yilmaz 
>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Gerald. Thanks for the answer. But I'm not trying to boot Android
>>>>>>> from SD card. I'm trying to flash Android files into onboard eMMC. I 
>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>> to boot Android without SD card.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:29:52 UTC+3, Gerald wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did you look here?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=Android
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Efecan Yilmaz <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to flash Android into eMMC. I wrote an Angstrom image
>>>>>>>>> into an SD card. I booted BBB wtih that SD card. I create three 
>>>>>>>>> partions on
>>>>>>>>> eMMC for Android via terminal in Angstrom. From this point, I'm not 
>>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>>> which files I must copy to eMMC's boot and rootfs partitions. And I 
>>>>>>>>> think I
>>>>>>>>> must modify some files because I used an image which runs on SD card 
>>>>>>>>> (I
>>>>>>>>> think I must change mmcblk0 references to mmcblk1). Long story short:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) Which files I need to copy to eMMC's which partitions?
>>>>>>>>> 2) Which files should I modify for my image to run on eMMC?
>>>>>>>>> (mmcblk0 to mmcblk1 problem)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you can help me, I'll be grateful :)
>>>>>>>>> And sorry for my English :)
>>>>>>>>>
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