From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 31 11:18:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7535216A4CE; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:18:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (mail.dt.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.163.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DCD43D46; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:18:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (pD951F79E.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.247.158]) B97532DAD2; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CFE0C378F; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from merlin.emma.line.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08332-06; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:47:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id CDBDCC3504; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:47:04 +0200 (CEST) To: =?iso-8859-15?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt In-Reply-To: <410A9D77.4030703@DeepCore.dk> =?iso-8859-15?Q?=28S=F8ren?= Schmidt's message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:11:51 +0200") References: <410A3833.7030502@portaone.com> <410A47C7.1080808@DeepCore.dk> <410A9B58.8000502@mac.com> <410A9D77.4030703@DeepCore.dk> From: Matthias Andree Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:47:04 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at m2a2.dyndns.org cc: Maxim Sobolev cc: Chuck Swiger cc: current@freebsd.org cc: release@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there still sufficient reason for hw.ata.atapi_dma being 0 by default? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:18:11 -0000 S=F8ren Schmidt writes: > Actually not, most if not all modern fast burners implements some sort > of "burn proof" ie no coasters at all due to buffer underruns... These modes still generate a small burst error because a few pits and lands will be spoilt, particularly with older "burn proof" drives. It's best to avoid buffer underruns even with "burn proof" turned on, for quality's sake. --=20 Matthias Andree Encrypted mail welcome: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95 (PGP/MIME preferred)