Hi!
I've started using that great tool to figure out how I should partition some
cards but I'm not sure how to continue after the first results I've got and I'd
like some guidance.
Also I'd like to know if the card reader can influence the results since I've
tested with 2 different laptops internal SD card readers and noticed differences
in the times.
I also checked with 'dd' the speeds and found the writing speed limited up to
less than 10 MiB/s and a reading speed limited up to 14 MiB/s or so with chunks
of 32 kiB and 4 MiB.
Eventually I checked on an Android phone and got the writing speed limited up to
11 MiB/s or so and the reading speed limited up to less than 20 MiB/s.
To make sure I compiled flashbench to run on the phone and also found different
times than on the laptops.
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# Product Page
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http://www.transcend-info.com/products/Catlist.asp?LangNo=0&modno=320
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# Details
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$ head /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/* 2>/dev/null | grep -v ^$
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/block <==
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/cid <==
1b534d30303030301078944a9000c100
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/csd <==
400e00325b590000e9e57f800a404000
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/date <==
01/2012
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/driver <==
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/erase_size <==
512
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/fwrev <==
0x0
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/hwrev <==
0x1
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/manfid <==
0x00001b
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/name <==
00000
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/oemid <==
0x534d ## i.e. "SM"
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/power <==
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/preferred_erase_size <==
4194304
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/scr <==
02b5800200000000
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/serial <==
0x78944a90
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/subsystem <==
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/type <==
SD
==> /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/uevent <==
DRIVER=mmcblk
MMC_TYPE=SD
MMC_NAME=00000
MODALIAS=mmc:block
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# Size
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$ cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/block/mmcblk0/size
61315072
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# Factor
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$ factor 61315072
61315072: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 13 47
Does it mean that the erase block size could be 7 MiB?
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# Guess erase block and page sizes
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## on Dell E6400
$ sudo ./flashbench -a /dev/mmcblk0 --blocksize=1024
align 8589934592 pre 198µs on 210µs post 199µs diff 11.3µs
align 4294967296 pre 185µs on 202µs post 187µs diff 15.6µs
align 2147483648 pre 184µs on 197µs post 184µs diff 12.9µs
align 1073741824 pre 187µs on 202µs post 187µs diff 15.7µs
align 536870912 pre 184µs on 197µs post 184µs diff 13.5µs
align 268435456 pre 217µs on 234µs post 187µs diff 32.1µs
align 134217728 pre 218µs on 247µs post 200µs diff 38.7µs
align 67108864 pre 219µs on 251µs post 202µs diff 40.5µs
align 33554432 pre 219µs on 267µs post 216µs diff 48.9µs
align 16777216 pre 208µs on 256µs post 216µs diff 43.7µs
align 8388608 pre 203µs on 242µs post 208µs diff 36.5µs
align 4194304 pre 212µs on 260µs post 216µs diff 45.8µs
align 2097152 pre 205µs on 242µs post 207µs diff 36.1µs
align 1048576 pre 212µs on 257µs post 217µs diff 42.4µs
align 524288 pre 203µs on 240µs post 206µs diff 36.1µs
align 262144 pre 211µs on 257µs post 217µs diff 43.2µs
align 131072 pre 205µs on 241µs post 207µs diff 35.5µs
align 65536 pre 209µs on 257µs post 217µs diff 43.7µs
align 32768 pre 201µs on 239µs post 207µs diff 35.3µs
align 16384 pre 213µs on 235µs post 210µs diff 23.9µs
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align 8192 pre 211µs on 213µs post 214µs diff 868ns
align 4096 pre 212µs on 212µs post 217µs diff -2843ns
align 2048 pre 214µs on 212µs post 214µs diff -1985ns
## on Lenovo T400
$ sudo ./flashbench -a /dev/mmcblk0 --blocksize=1024
align 8589934592 pre 307µs on 737µs post 358µs diff 405µs
align 4294967296 pre 283µs on 724µs post 348µs diff 409µs
align 2147483648 pre 300µs on 712µs post 371µs diff 377µs
align 1073741824 pre 331µs on 857µs post 353µs diff 515µs
align 536870912 pre 340µs on 872µs post 354µs diff 525µs
align 268435456 pre 342µs on 843µs post 359µs diff 493µs
align 134217728 pre 292µs on 839µs post 364µs diff 511µs
align 67108864 pre 316µs on 843µs post 357µs diff 507µs
align 33554432 pre 344µs on 832µs post 367µs diff 476µs
align 16777216 pre 323µs on 862µs post 370µs diff 515µs
align 8388608 pre 324µs on 855µs post 365µs diff 510µs
align 4194304 pre 308µs on 772µs post 340µs diff 448µs
align 2097152 pre 334µs on 861µs post 367µs diff 510µs
align 1048576 pre 301µs on 794µs post 355µs diff 466µs
align 524288 pre 325µs on 830µs post 352µs diff 492µs
align 262144 pre 319µs on 795µs post 353µs diff 459µs
align 131072 pre 314µs on 863µs post 389µs diff 511µs
align 65536 pre 317µs on 813µs post 339µs diff 485µs
align 32768 pre 311µs on 845µs post 364µs diff 507µs
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align 16384 pre 323µs on 464µs post 346µs diff 130µs
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align 8192 pre 331µs on 338µs post 330µs diff 7.52µs
align 4096 pre 350µs on 357µs post 344µs diff 10.1µs
align 2048 pre 359µs on 354µs post 352µs diff -1566ns
## on Samsung GT-I8150
# ./flashbench -a /dev/block/mmcblk1 --blocksize=1024
align 8589934592 pre 222µs on 318µs post 283µs diff 65.4µs
align 4294967296 pre 227µs on 318µs post 279µs diff 65.4µs
align 2147483648 pre 231µs on 318µs post 275µs diff 65.4µs
align 1073741824 pre 279µs on 440µs post 405µs diff 98.1µs
align 536870912 pre 231µs on 340µs post 371µs diff 39.2µs
align 268435456 pre 240µs on 353µs post 288µs diff 89.4µs
align 134217728 pre 253µs on 506µs post 344µs diff 207µs
align 67108864 pre 231µs on 458µs post 292µs diff 196µs
align 33554432 pre 257µs on 475µs post 305µs diff 194µs
align 16777216 pre 235µs on 475µs post 318µs diff 198µs
align 8388608 pre 218µs on 453µs post 310µs diff 190µs
align 4194304 pre 248µs on 458µs post 296µs diff 185µs
align 2097152 pre 231µs on 445µs post 296µs diff 181µs
align 1048576 pre 244µs on 501µs post 327µs diff 216µs
align 524288 pre 240µs on 449µs post 301µs diff 179µs
align 262144 pre 231µs on 453µs post 310µs diff 183µs
align 131072 pre 227µs on 453µs post 301µs diff 190µs
align 65536 pre 253µs on 453µs post 310µs diff 172µs
align 32768 pre 244µs on 453µs post 327µs diff 168µs
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align 16384 pre 253µs on 371µs post 318µs diff 85µs ##
align 8192 pre 283µs on 257µs post 240µs diff -4359ns
align 4096 pre 270µs on 262µs post 253µs diff 1ns
align 2048 pre 275µs on 275µs post 275µs diff 0ns
Should I understand that it has 16 kiB pages with multi-plane accesses
to read two pages simultaneously?
What do you suggest? How should I continue and with which device?
Thanks and regards,
Victor
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As requested in the readme, I have used flashbench to test the card in
the topic. Here are my results, taken by a Debian Wheezy install (Linux
omega1 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 11 17:24:18 UTC 2012 x86_64
GNU/Linux) on a
Transcend 3.0 USB reader running through a USB2 port:
sudo ./flashbench -a /dev/sdm --blocksize=1024
align 4294967296 pre 1.22ms on 1.42ms post 1.21ms diff 197µs
align 2147483648 pre 1.21ms on 1.49ms post 1.04ms diff 367µs
align 1073741824 pre 1.12ms on 1.41ms post 1.07ms diff 319µs
align 536870912 pre 1.19ms on 1.44ms post 1.03ms diff 330µs
align 268435456 pre 1.22ms on 1.44ms post 1.17ms diff 243µs
align 134217728 pre 1.19ms on 1.46ms post 1.02ms diff 354µs
align 67108864 pre 1.18ms on 1.44ms post 1.24ms diff 233µs
align 33554432 pre 1.19ms on 1.4ms post 1.23ms diff 187µs
align 16777216 pre 1.18ms on 1.43ms post 1.21ms diff 240µs
align 8388608 pre 1.14ms on 1.46ms post 1.21ms diff 280µs
align 4194304 pre 951µs on 1.12ms post 920µs diff 179µs
align 2097152 pre 981µs on 1.07ms post 993µs diff 78.1µs
align 1048576 pre 993µs on 1.09ms post 1.01ms diff 93.8µs
align 524288 pre 996µs on 1.09ms post 1.01ms diff 86.5µs
align 262144 pre 987µs on 1.09ms post 1ms diff 97.6µs
align 131072 pre 977µs on 1.09ms post 1ms diff 102µs
align 65536 pre 1.05ms on 1.1ms post 982µs diff 89.3µs
align 32768 pre 1.03ms on 1.07ms post 1.07ms diff 24.7µs
align 16384 pre 1.01ms on 1.08ms post 1.02ms diff 66.6µs
align 8192 pre 1ms on 1.08ms post 1.01ms diff 68.3µs
align 4096 pre 994µs on 1.07ms post 1.02ms diff 56.4µs
align 2048 pre 1.02ms on 1.08ms post 1.02ms diff 58.7µs
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