Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 18 Sep 1997 18:57:43 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: IDE Ultra DMA patch |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Kim-Hoe Pang wrote:
> >Hi, > >This patch will enable Ultra DMA data transfer protocol on the IDE >interface in the Intel TX motherboard. This patch is against 2.1.55 >kernel. Use the BIOS setup to enable the IDE drive for UDMA. >If all go well, look for status message in the "dmesg" output. >If UDMA is not enabled in the BIOS, then the patch will select the >normal dma transfer mode for the IDE interface. >To disable the DMA mode, use "hdparm -d0 /dev/hdx".
It does nothing on my TX chipset machine, maybe because the HD only support DMA? In the bios I can only set UDMA as AUTO with PIO AUTO.
Andrea(S) Arcangeli
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