Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: stupid SATA questions | Date | Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:36:08 -0700 | From | "Aleksey Gorelov" <> |
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>From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@pobox.com] >Aleksey Gorelov wrote: >> >> >>>From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org >>>[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Garzik >>>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:01 AM >>>To: Kumar Gala >>>Cc: Linux Kernel list >>>Subject: Re: stupid SATA questions >>> >>>Kumar Gala wrote: >>> >>>>These questions were posed to me and I was hoping someone >would have >>>>better knowledge about the works and usage of SATA then I >>> >>>do. All of >>> >>>>these questions are around understanding how important the >>> >>>performance >>> >>>>of PIO mode is. >>>> >>>>How often would one run in PIO mode? Why would one run in PIO mode? >>> >>>Never. No idea. :) >> >> >> Some BIOSes/option ROMs do. Especially SATA RAID ones. >> But unless you are using BIOS interrupts... > >It doesn't matter what BIOS does, Linux SATA drivers don't use >the BIOS.
I probably missed something, but I did not see LINUX SATA DRIVERS in the original question, I just saw SATA. Well, never mind then ;)
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