sylvain vignaud wrote:
>
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Kit Ngan wrote:
> > > Edmond & Elza Cheng wrote:
> > > > Does the latest kernel 2.2.13-17 support the IDE ATA 66?
> >
> > You won't get the full benefit of the controllers in compatibility
> > mode, generally.
> >
>
> Only a few hard disk controller drivers support ATA66. For example
> Sis620 does have support for this feature.
> PS: upgrade to 2.3.18 or above (NOT 2.3.22) because there were a LOT of
> optimizations in hard disk acces; ie : boot sequence is 2 or 3 times
> faster, launching X11 is 2 - 3 times faster too.
2.3.23 pre 2 includes the merge of Andre's latest IDE patch. Lots of
improvements by appearances, including my own VIA updates :)
Jeff
