From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264581AbTDPUuT (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:50:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264584AbTDPUuS (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:50:18 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:21463 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264581AbTDPUuQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:50:16 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: [2.4.21-pre7-ac1] IDE Warning when booting Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <785F348679A4D5119A0C009027DE33C102E0D127@mcoexc04.mlm.maxtor.com> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1050526928 4440 212.34.181.4 (16 Apr 2003 21:02:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:02:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2003 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Mudama, Eric" writes: >So the quantum bigfoot doesn't support setting the multiple block size? >Hrm, how old is that disk? SET MULTIPLE MODE has been an ATA standard >command since rev 3 of the spec, circa 1997... >I guess that is what Alan meant when he said people throw everything at >linux hardware wise... What makes you think that? % hdparm -I /dev/hda non-removable ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: QUANTUM BIGFOOT_CY6480A Serial Number: 166702123281 Firmware Revision: A03.0500 [...] r/w multiple sector transfer: Max = 32 Current = 32 DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=333ns IORDY flow control=120ns To me it seems to do multi sector transfers just fine. It does it even better than the 60 GB IBM drive in this box which is much newer but can do only 16 sectors. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH hps@intermeta.de +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire