Subject: Re: New model of controller ?
To: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp_NOSPAM@wanadoo.fr>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/12/2000 10:42:20
On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 07:27:59PM +0200, Eric Delcamp wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I'm trying to transfer an old machine (chipset Intel FX + Ciryx P166+ ) to a
> more decent hardware.
> The new motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-5AX (rev 5.x) associated with a AMD
> K6-2/500. In the documentation, they said that the controller understand the
> UDMA/66 mode.
> Here is the dmesg :
> 
> [...]
> >pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE Controller
> >pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
> >pciide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
> >wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST31277A>
> >wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
> >wd0: 1221 MB, 2482 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2501856 sectors
> >wd0: 32-bit data port
> >wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2

I've already been told that the newer ALI chipsets supports Ultra/66, but
I've not been able to find any infos on them. It seems that they didn't even
change the PCI revision of the chip :(
If someone has more info, get in touch with me ! :)
(Also, if someone can spend some time on ALI's www site ...)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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