On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:05:33AM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> On Feb 21 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:15:02PM -0800, Shane Wegner wrote:
> > > Ok, can I still use -u1 -k1 -c1 on the drives or is it even
> > > necessary anymore.
> >
> > If you enable automatic DMA in the kernel config, it isn't necessary
> > at all. The VIA driver sets up everything.
>
> Ok. Please disregard my last message (this one contains
> exactly what I was looking for).
>
> > 4) But VIA is still set to PIO mode
>
> Why does this happen?
>
> And what about the other options to hdparm (-u1 -k1 -c1)? Are
> they potentially dangerous also?
Well, I checked today and my fears were *not* confirmed. Actually the
VIA driver will set up the chipset for UDMA even when UDMA won't be
later used, so it's all OK.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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