Re: Speed of SDHCI subsystem

[Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>]

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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:45:50 +0200
"J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote:

> 
> Thanks, now its clear it is related to hardware limits.
> I suppose this controler is a cheap one...
> Things in the Aspire One are these:
> 

*snip*

> 04:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller
> 04:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller
> 04:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller
> 04:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. xD Host Controller

That chip is capable of very high speeds but unfortunately the systems
aren't always properly wired for it so the high-speed mode was disabled
by default in the chips.

You can force it on by applying this patch:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a4b76193774b463b922cab2f92450efb20d29ef0;hp=d6d8de33415ca7598fe66d933b6556fa8f89afe2

Rgds
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