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Date:      Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:40:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mark Hahn <hahn@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu>
To:        rgb@phy.duke.edu (Robert G. Brown)
Cc:        alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, rmail@ittc.ukans.edu, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG, linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-tulip@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject:   Re: Duration of Blocked Interrupts
Message-ID:  <199804282043.NAA29325@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980428143648.23411J-100000@ganesh.phy.duke.edu> from "Robert G. Brown" at Apr 28, 98 02:39:06 pm

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Robert G. Brown said:
...
> interrupt density and I rarely use them.  Ditto "No IDE devices", right?

no, not right.  Linux does a very good job with busmastering IDE
(scatter gather, head scheduling, etc.).  IDE definitely has a place
in well-designed systems, though naturally if you need many and/or
different devices, SCSI is the right choice...  the key point to remember
is that dual-channel, UDMA controllers are already on most motherboards,
and IDE disks are currently at $30-$35/GB, both much cheaper than SCSI...

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