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

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On Thu, 30 Apr 2015, Felipe Balbi wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:37:15AM -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > 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).

Even without a hardware sniffer, it is possible to get useful timing 
information by uncommenting the

/* #define VERBOSE_DEBUG */
/* #define DUMP_MSGS */

lines near the start of f_mass_storage.c.

It's also worth mentioning that you are never supposed to use 
g_mass_storage without specifying a serial number string.  This may not 
affect the transfer rates, but I know that Windows does pay attention 
to the serial number string.

Alan Stern

> oh yeah, if you can reproduce the same thing using a recent kernel
> (v4.0, for example) and give us further details of your setup (which
> platform, which controller you're using, etc), then linux-usb will be
> very happy to help out.

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