Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:51:22 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Sergey Solyanik <solik@netdeeper.sumy.ua> Cc: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE Prefetch Mode... (was: VIA crashes) Message-ID: <20020108145122.A28900@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <3C3B3B24.5000002@netdeeper.sumy.ua>; from solik@netdeeper.sumy.ua on Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 08:32:04PM %2B0200 References: <20020108191800.A1154@tisys.org> <3C3B3B24.5000002@netdeeper.sumy.ua>
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 08:32:04PM +0200, Sergey Solyanik wrote: > I think that IDE Prefetch should be turned off on all machines around > > the world, scince it's total misunderstanding by hardware vendors. > > I never see the correct working IDE Prefetch on any (even on Intel/IBM > branded) machine. And in all strange data corrupt/spontaneous rebooting > cases disabling IDE Prefetch was a real trouble killer. > > Just search google for "IDE Prefetch" and you'll understand the size of > a problem. May be this need be in FAQ/Hardware section? If someone with the proper hardware know-how can write me, say, a paragraph on what's wrong with IDE Prefetch, I'll get it in the FAQ. -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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