On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:20:55PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
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> From: Pozsar Balazs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Rogerio Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [patch] VIA 4.2x driver for 2.2 kernels
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 01:04:27 +0100 (MET)
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> The kernel doesn't seem to set 32bit io transfers by default. Is it
> dangerous or unrecommended to set it with hdparm?
It does:
via82cxxx.c, line 536: hwif->drives[i].io_32bit = 1;
Actually this seems to be required for correct operation in PIO modes.
Anyway, it doesn't have an effect if DMA/UDMA modes are used -
BusMastering is always 32bit.
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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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