In message <199810210129.VAA09891@grosse.fugue.com>
          Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com> wrote:
> What did your old disk drive probe message say?
Hmm. I better quote the complete section (again|sorry for the traffic)
And this is what the kernel I built 2 days ago said (and says):

pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE Controller (r=
ev. 0xc1)           =20
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present                                  =
                   =20
pciide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode                =
                   =20
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 90840D6>                       =
                   =20
wd0: using 16-sector pio transfers, lba mode                             =
                   =20
wd0: 8010MB, 16276 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16406208 sector=
s                  =20
wd0: PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, UDMA mode 2                                 =
                   =20
pciide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode              =
                   =20
wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Conner Peripherals 240MB - CP30254>   =
                   =20
wd1: using 16-sector pio transfers, chs mode                             =
                   =20
wd1 240MB, 895 cyl, 10 head, 55 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 492250 sectors     =
                   =20
wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <Conner Peripherals 420MB - CFS420A>   =
                   =20
wd2: using 64-sector pio transfers, chs mode                             =
                   =20
wd2 406MB, 826 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 832608 sectors     =
                   =20
wd2: PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1                                              =
                   =20
pciide0:0:0: using DMA mode 2                                            =
                   =20
pciide0:1:1: using DMA mode 1
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
This is what the kernel built a few hours ago says:

pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE Controller (r=
ev. 0xc1)    =20
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present, but unused (no driver support)  =
             =20
pciide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode                =
             =20
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 90840D6>                       =
             =20
wd0: using 16-sector pio transfers, lba mode                             =
             =20
wd0: 8010MB, 16276 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16406208 sector=
s            =20
wd0: PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, UDMA mode 2                                 =
             =20
pciide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode              =
             =20
wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Conner Peripherals 240MB - CP30254>   =
             =20
wd1: using 16-sector pio transfers, chs mode                             =
             =20
wd1 240MB, 895 cyl, 10 head, 55 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 492250 sectors     =
             =20
wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <Conner Peripherals 420MB - CFS420A>   =
             =20
wd2: using 64-sector pio transfers, chs mode                             =
             =20
wd2 406MB, 826 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 832608 sectors     =
             =20
wd2: PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1                                              =
             =20

Yes, the drives on the secondary channel *are* *very* *old* ;-)
(I don't use them ATM.)

BTW: What das this "compatibility mode" mean?

Bye,
 Thilo.
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