Subject: RE: UltraDMA confusion?!
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Hertz <thomas@hz.se>
List: current-users
Date: 09/08/2003 14:39:10
> I'm not quite sure when this problem occured first, but I
> just saw that 1.6Z uses UDMA33 for my harddisk while it
> detects UDMA100. I've tried to configure the kernel to only
> use UDMA100, which would not work either. I'm using a SiS 650
> IDE controller with a Fujitsu MHR2020AT. I don't think that
> one is fast enough to actually gain performance by UDMA100
> mode, but I like to see everything running smoothly. I'd be
> glad if anyone had a suggestion.
I'm not sure this is the problem here, but UDMA higher than UDMA33(66?)
require a 80 pin UDMA cable. If you try to run UDMA100 on a "normal" IDE
cable, the kernel will downgrade to the next lower transfer mode.
// Thomas Hertz