Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:58:16 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Martin Nilsson <martin@filex.se> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and IDE drives Message-ID: <199710231528.AAA00798@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:47:19 %2B0200." <3447B2B7.6445@filex.se>
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> How good are the IDE/ATA drivers in FreeBSD? They work pretty well. > I'm running 2.2.1 on a 430TX based motherboard with a 4.3GB Quantum > Ultra DMA harddrive. When I boot the system FreeBSD detects the PCI IDE > controller but doesn't assign a driver for it, instead the IDE > controller is detected and used when the ISA bus is scanned. There's no specific support in 2.2.x for the PIIX controllers. > How fast is the communication between the drive and controller? This depends on the drive, the controller and your BIOS configuration. > Would there be any benefit if the driver used the PIIX4 chip in DMA > busmaster mode? Yes; 3.x does this. mike
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