$ hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234375000, start = 0
or for SCSI - $ hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=ST3802110A , FwRev=3.AAJ, SerialNo=9LR2AE39
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?1?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7
* signifies the current active mode
How fast is your drive? - $ hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.41 seconds =315.32 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.19 seconds = 53.65 MB/sec
Need to find your device?
$ mount
or
$ cat /proc/partitions
or
$ dmesg | egrep '^(s|h)d'
hda: IC35L120AVV207-1, ATA DISK drive
hdc: Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: max request size: 1024KiB
hda: 234375000 sectors (120000 MB) w/7965KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100)
If you want to turn on dma - $ hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
List all PCI devices - $ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device d600
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at
Kernel modules: ati-agp
... lots more ...
Note, there is also lspci -vv for even more information.
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