Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm && Compact Flash

[Simon]

Hi guys,
  I am another newbie trying to answer a question, here on my eeepc
701,  hdparm gives even more limited information.  This is a 2g
kingston compact flash.  (Note that even though last line reports i/o
error, nothing was written in /var/log/messages about it).  I suspect
device drivers to yield a block device asap but let optimizations and
other extras aside.


satelite ~ # hdparm --verbose /dev/sda ; hdparm -i --verbose /dev/sda
; hdparm -I --verbose /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 HDIO_GET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
 HDIO_GET_UNMASKINTR failed: Invalid argument
 HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Invalid argument
 HDIO_GET_KEEPSETTINGS failed: Invalid argument
 readonly      =  0 (off)
 readahead     = 256 (on)
 geometry      = 7856/16/32, sectors = 4022272, start = 0

/dev/sda:
 HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument

/dev/sda:
outgoing cdb:  85 08 2e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 ec 00
SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8
SG_IO: sb[] = {70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10}
SG_IO: bad/missing ATA_16 sense data::  70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 00 00
00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
outgoing cdb:  85 08 2e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 a1 00
SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8
SG_IO: sb[] = {70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10}
SG_IO: bad/missing ATA_16 sense data::  70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 00 00
00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Input/output error




On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 September 2008, James wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a 4M sandisk card and need advice on what to put
>> in the /etc/conf.d/hdparm file.
>>
>> Here's the hardware
>> CompactFlash ATA device
>>         Model Number:       SanDisk SDCFB-4096
>>         Serial Number:      003416B2397F2159
>>         Firmware Revision:  HDX 4.03
>> Standards:
>>         Supported: 4
>>         Likely used: 4
>> Configuration:
>>         Logical         max     current
>>         cylinders       7964    7964
>>         heads           16      16
>>         sectors/track   63      63
>>         --
>>         CHS current addressable sectors:    8027712
>>         LBA    user addressable sectors:    8027712
>>         device size with M = 1024*1024:        3919 MBytes
>>         device size with M = 1000*1000:        4110 MBytes (4 GB)
>> Capabilities:
>>         LBA, IORDY(may be)(cannot be disabled)
>>         Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor
>>         R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 4   Current = 4
>>         DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 (?)
>>              Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
>>         PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>>              Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
>> Commands/features:
>>         Enabled Supported:
>>            *    CFA feature set
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestion as to what to put in the /etc/conf.d/hdparm file are
>> most welcome.
>>
>> It's running gentoo just fine with the default entries....
>
> I can't answer your question directly - but from my USB flash card I see that
> hdparm is not reading it as a hard drive.  I can only assume that the CF
> controller chip is not compatible with the hdparm IO for IDE chip drives:
>
> # hdparm /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
>  readonly      =  0 (off)
>  readahead     = 256 (on)
>  geometry      = 1023/32/61, sectors = 1997312, start = 0
>
> # hdparm -i /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
>  HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
>
> # hdparm -I /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
>  HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Input/output error
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>



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