Re: IDE drive data transfer rates, kernel optimization?

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:05:42 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Meelis Roos wrote:

> MAH> Further inspection of the datasheet indicates that the drive has
> MAH> an internal buffer size of 128k. When I do an "hdparm -i" on the
> MAH> drive, it indicates:
> [...]
> MAH> As you can see, it says "BuffSize=80kB". That is NOT 128k for
> MAH> sure.
>
> Part of the 128 KB is used internally as a data area for the firmware.

Then the PDF should say:

80kb buffer, 48k internal data area... That is my opinion
anyways, otherwise it is nothing more than marketing ploy...

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