David Maxwell [Sat, May 31, 2003 at 07:35:31PM -0400]:
> I quote:
> 
> "Well, it's generally considered a good idea for any self-respecting
> distribution to install itself in the kewlest, slickest, but SAFEST way
> it possibly can. The above settings are virtually guaranteed to work on
> any hardware you might throw at it. But since we know we're throwing
> something more than a dusty, 8-year-old, 16-bit multi-IO card at it[...]"
> 
> The common Linux approach is "Leave settings at minimum and force the
> user to be a developer - make them fiddle with settings to increase
> performance."
> 
> The NetBSD approach is "Detect the controller and HD, and automatically
> configure for the highest throughput supported by both devices."

Interesting, how come Linux beats NetBSD at the HD performance on i386
in _all_ cases?

> This machine detected an Intel 82371AB IDE controller, a Maxtor 34098H4
> and a MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8582. Although the HD supports Ultra-DMA mode
> 5, the kernel sets Ultra-DMA mode 2 because that's the best this
> controller supports.

Congratulations, I guess you belive Linux can't detect that?

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