Dear Stefan Althoefer, In message <49384704.sPrSOzo/cyqyo4zk%stefan.althoe...@web.de> you wrote: > [PATCH] IDE: Improving speed on reading data > > This patch improves the speed when reading blocks from > IDE devices by reading more than one block at a time. Up to > 128 blocks are requested in one read command. > > On my testplatform (Janz emPC-A400 with CompactFLASH card) > this nearly doubled speed. > > Also the ide_wait() code was rewritten to have lower latency > by polling more frequently for status.
Can you please use git-format-patch to format the patch? I don't know how you created the diff, but it looks strange to me (and harldy readable). > The patch is against "latest" u-boot git-repository > > Please (still) be patient if style of submission or patches are > offending. Such comments must go below the "---" line > Signed-off-by: Stefan Althoefer <stefan.althoe...@web.de> > ---- Thsi is the place to add comments that are not supposed to become part of the commit message. > - ide_outb (device, ATA_SECT_CNT, 1); > + scnt = (blkcnt > 128) ? 128 : blkcnt; > + ide_outb (device, ATA_SECT_CNT, scnt); What happens if you try to read at or beyond the end of the device? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Brain off-line, please wait. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
