On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:59, Damian Kolkowski wrote:
> * Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-03 02:42]:
> > > Cool, SATA works to, but:
> > >
> > > .~. # hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/sda
> > >
> > > /dev/hda:
> > >  Timing buffered disk reads:  174 MB in  3.03 seconds =  57.38 MB/sec
> > >
> > > /dev/sda:
> > >  Timing buffered disk reads:  152 MB in  3.02 seconds =  50.37 MB/sec
> > > HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate
> > > ioctl for device .~. #
> >
> > gandalf root # hdparm -t /dev/hde /dev/sdc
> >
> > /dev/hde:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  156 MB in  3.02 seconds =  51.73 MB/sec
> >
> > /dev/sdc:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  170 MB in  3.01 seconds =  56.41 MB/sec
> >
> > hdparm is for IDE drives, not "SCSI", so you can't really expect it to
> > work properly.
> > I get a HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT error when I view the current settings of a
> > SATA disk.
>
> Hmmmm.., after all the /dev/sda should have 57 MB/sec, this is diamond 9
> with 8 MB cache, hda is diamond 8 with 2 MB.
>
> So right now I do not whith on is faster :-(
>
> Is there something like hdparm for scsi on libata?

As far as I know there is not. The technology is till to new for any cool 
stuff like that to be available on open-source. Hell the drivers are still a 
moving target so can really expect any apps for them yet.
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