From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262177AbVD1RRW (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:17:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262178AbVD1RRW (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:17:22 -0400 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:25773 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262177AbVD1RRT (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:17:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:17:03 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Dave Jones Cc: mark@ossholes.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Extremely poor umass transfer rates Message-Id: <20050428101703.6204b734.rddunlap@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20050428165915.GG30768@redhat.com> References: <1114704142.8410.4.camel@mjollnir.bootless.dk> <20050428165915.GG30768@redhat.com> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:59:15 -0400 Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 06:02:22PM +0200, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > > I get transfer rates at around 30 kB/s to USB mass storage devices. It > > applies to both my keyring and my mp3 player. Both are running vfat. > > > > I'm running 2.6.12-rc3 for amd64 with patches for inotify and skge. The > > motherboard is an ASUS K8V-X (VIA K8T800). > > > > It worked alright earlier (2.6.10 or 2.6.11, I'll test later if > > necessary.) > > > > Also, if I transfer more than one file at a time the music tracks start > > overlapping on my mp3 player. > > Are you running it on a USB 2.0 capable interface ? > Is your mp3 player USB2.0 capable ? > USB1.1 is painfully slow for storage. And which USB storage driver are you using (USB storage or USB block driver)? (or what device names are you mounting?) --- ~Randy