From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 14 11:39:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04839 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iquest3.iquest.net (iquest3.iquest.net [209.43.20.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA04834 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:39:42 -0700 (PDT) From: dyson@iquest.net Received: (qmail 102 invoked from network); 14 Aug 1997 18:39:35 -0000 Received: from iquest7.iquest.net (206.53.230.110) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 14 Aug 1997 18:39:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 7946 invoked by uid 4420); 14 Aug 1997 18:39:35 -0000 Message-ID: <19970814183935.7945.qmail@iquest7.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Support for Ultra DMA disk drives. To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:39:34 -0500 (EST) Cc: Steve_Hearn@digicon-brs.com.au, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Aug 14, 97 00:23:30 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Steve Hearn wrote: > > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a Gateway Pentium II which has these > > new Ultra DMA cards, which sit between the IDE drive and the PCI Bus. > > > > I've got the machine up and running fine by just pulling out the Ultra > > card and > > plugging the disk straight into the IDE controller on the motherboard. > > > > But does anyone know if there is current or planned driver for the Ultra > > DMA interface > > under FreeBSD. (BAsically this would give a significant speed increase) > > I believe someone is searching for specs on getting UltraDMA working. I > have info on that project if you're interested. > I have the specs for the Promise card (they were helpful). That is on my list of things, but wouldn't mind if someone else does it. John