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How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:40 pm
by fingus
I receive my Sam460ex Lite-Board, installed all Updates and now i need to speedup things on Uboot before Kickstart-Files are loaded.
My configuration of UBoot and Sam460 is:
SII3114-Sata-PCI:
Unit0: HDD
Unit1: DVD-RW
Unit2-3: no device plugged in
Radeon-HD-Card on PCI-e 4x
Onboard SATA-II not used
PCI-e 1x not used
Uboot is searching for Devices 2-3 on SII3114-Card, how to set ENVIRONMENT-Variable to prevent this?
Are there other ENVVAR-Optimations to speedup Boot a litte?
After Kickstart-Files are loaded the whole Boot-Speed of Workbench is okay (DMA on HDD is turned on, very fast!)
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:23 pm
by Spectre660
Try setting from cli
Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:16 pm
by nbache
Spectre660 wrote:Try setting from cli
Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1
Nope, he wrote that it's an SiI3114 card, and that the onboard SATA isn't used. So it should be:
.
Best regards,
Niels
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:34 am
by Spectre660
You are very right.
I must have been suffering from "AmigaLag" when I typed that.
nbache wrote:Spectre660 wrote:Try setting from cli
Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1
Nope, he wrote that it's an SiI3114 card, and that the onboard SATA isn't used. So it should be:
.
Best regards,
Niels
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:48 am
by fingus
nbache wrote:Spectre660 wrote:Try setting from cli
Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1
Nope, he wrote that it's an SiI3114 card, and that the onboard SATA isn't used. So it should be:
.
Best regards,
Niels
Its not working. The sam is still searching for devices 2 & 3.
Is there a typo?
Isn´t it siL3114?
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:57 am
by Spectre660
Try the Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1.
It works on my Sam440ep-flex.
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:20 pm
by Slayer
Just quickly I seem to recall the nvsetvar didn't require nor work if you included the = sign just try a space next time also type nvgetvar to make sure your syntax is remembered and is displayed correctly
Sorry I am still lounging around in Aussie Melbourne heat and nowhere near my machines just this lousy win7 worklap top!
so this is all off the top of my head
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:33 pm
by nbache
fingus wrote:Is there a typo?
Isn´t it siL3114?
No, that's a common mistake. The brand is called "Silicon Image", and the acronym consists of "Si" which is the chemical symbol for Silicon, followed by a capital "I" for Image. Therefore the device driver was also named with two i's, sii3114ide.device.
I'm not sure why it doesn't have the desired effect.
An alternative could be to set the sii3114ide_conf variable to 1200. This tells the system that there is a hard disk (1) on the first port, a CD/DVD (2) on the second, and nothing on the two others.
Best regards,
Niels
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:09 am
by fingus
Spectre660 wrote:Try the Nvsetvar s4sii_maxbus=1.
It works on my Sam440ep-flex.
This is working, thanks!
I typed it inside AmigaOS-Shell not Uboot. It seems this "=" thing just work with Shell but not Uboot.
And how to remove the non functional entry "sii3114ide_maxbus=1" from Uboot?
Is there a command to delete it?
Re: How to optimize ENVVARS on SAM460ex Lite?
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:19 pm
by cha05e90
Just set the variable to nothing/empty.