Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:34:37 +0300 | From | Sergei Shtylyov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ide: Fix ata_id_has_dword_io to return DWORD I/O support properly |
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Hello, I just wrote:
>> I remain unconvinced we should be looking at it anywhere except specific >> pure ISA cycle pass through hardware and thus it belongs as a helper for >> > > I'm still not getting how drive can support or not support "DWORD > I/O" -- you certainly can't have 32-bit I/O cycle on ISA (only on > EISA) and you certainly cannot translate 32-bit cycle to the ATA bus. > I remember I had some hypotheses before but they turned out to be > inconsistent.
If only two back-to-back I/O cycles weren't providing enough recovery time...
MBR, Sergei
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