On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, R K wrote: > Does the following mean that Linux is only using my ide bus at ata33 > speeds? Or more accurately not using the full ata100 mode? > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > > I've seen nothing from dmesg to indicate that it's doing > otherwise. Does it configure it as 33 and then still use it to it's > full potential or does it impose restrictions on itself? Even if this > doesn't have anything to do with it, how would I verify that Linux is > using the hardware to its full potential?
Did you note that it said 33MHz and not 33 MB/s ?? And did you note that it says PIO mode, while ata100 is a DMA mode ?? Entering that message into Google got me the following url: http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-May/042555.html which quotes another message (I am too lazy to find the original) which clearly explains what this message means. -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
