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* Extremely slow IO with a PCMCIA CompactFlash adapter
@ 2009-08-01 14:02 Jack Byer
  2009-08-01 15:52 ` Andreas Mohr
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Jack Byer @ 2009-08-01 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

I have an old digital camera that stores its pictures on a 340 MB IBM 
microdrive. I am trying to transfer to pictures from the camera to my 
computer but can not find the special non-standard USB cable. The 
camera did come with a CompactFlash to PCMCIA adapter, so tried 
connecting it to my laptop. I was able to install the correct modules 
and mount the drive, but accessing it is very slow (5.0 kBps read / 
3.8 kBps write). Is this expected behavior? Is there any setup I am 
missing that would make this faster?

Kernel version is 2.6.30.3

pccardctl ls:

Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:0a.0)
Socket 0 Device 0:      [pata_pcmcia]           (bus ID: 0.0)

pccardctl info:

PRODID_1="IBM"
PRODID_2="microdrive"
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=00a4,0000
FUNCID=4

time output to write a 1 MB file to the drive:

real    4m29.476s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s

time output to read a 1 MB file from the drive:

real    3m25.600s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s



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2009-08-01 14:02 Extremely slow IO with a PCMCIA CompactFlash adapter Jack Byer
2009-08-01 15:52 ` Andreas Mohr
2009-08-01 18:32 ` Robert Hancock
2009-08-01 22:44   ` Jack Byer
2009-08-02  6:57     ` Robert Hancock
2009-08-02 10:58     ` Alan Cox
2009-08-02 13:24       ` Jack Byer
2009-08-02 17:04       ` Robert Hancock
2009-08-02 13:38 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-08-02 15:30   ` Jack Byer
2009-08-02 18:27     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-08-03  1:25       ` Jack Byer
2009-08-04 10:54         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

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