Re: [linux-usb] mass storage performance is slow with Windows 7 host

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On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:46:51AM +0800, Xuebing Wang wrote:
> 
> On 04/30/2015 12:45 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> >>>try setting nofua parameter. Windows always sets FUA bit (so all writes
> >>>> >are*always*  flushed to non-volatile media), but telling mass storage
> >>>> >gadget to ignore FUA bit, you get better performance.
> >>>
> >>>At the expense of possibly loosing your data if you loose power, so
> >>>ignore it at your own peril:)
> >Well, unless you're completely powered via USB and have no batteries,
> >then yeah, you have an issue. The likelyhood that you have batteries is
> >much, much larger, though.
> 
> Thanks for the help. However, enable nofua seems not helping performance
> with Win7 host. My command is:
> modprobe g_mass_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0p4 removable=1 nofua=1

then you're really on your own. I would suggest a sniffer to figure out
if the host isn't sending tokens fast enough (too many SOFs) or the
device isn't fast enough (too many NAKs/NYETs).

-- 
balbi

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