On Thursday 18 August 2005 05:13, Pupeno wrote: > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:04, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > flash linux # hdparm /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > multcount = 16 (on) > > > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > > > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > > > using_dma = 1 (on) > > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > > readonly = 0 (off) > > > readahead = 256 (on) > > > geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 80026361856, start = 0 > > > flash linux # > > > > you may want to turn on 32 bit io and unmaskirq too. > > How do you do that ?
man hdparm ;) -c1 turns on 32 bit io, -u1 turns on unmaskirq. > > > Which are both > > beneficial. > > Can they be bad in some case ? > never heard of one ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
