From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: per.forlin@linaro.org (Per Forlin) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:09:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v6 00/11] mmc: use nonblock mmc requests to minimize latency In-Reply-To: <20110621075319.GN26089@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1308518257-9783-1-git-send-email-per.forlin@linaro.org> <20110621075319.GN26089@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 21 June 2011 09:53, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:17:26PM +0200, Per Forlin wrote: >> How significant is the cache maintenance over head? > > Per, > > Can you measure how much difference this has before and after your > patch set please? Absolutely, I can run the mmc_tests to get the measurement. The cache affect is greater the faster the flash memory is. Currently I only have access to a SD card (20 MiB/S). By the end of this week I can run on eMMC (45 MiB/s) if this will be needed. Thanks for your input, Per