Subject: [expert] idebus > When loading my kernel I get a message saying: > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > > This is quite weird since I'm positive that the bus is 100MHz, but I the > system doesn't feel any slower because of the 33MHz bus speed. Is this > something I should change? Or should I just leave it like that, maybe it > doesn't matter? > > > -- > \ Christian A Str�mmen / > \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / > Live your life by your dreams, > not by the limits of reality... > > Chris, Your main memory or front side bus may be running at 100 MHz and you may have a UDMA 100 hard drive but that does not mean the PCI bus is running at 100 MHz. The PCI bus runs at 33 MHz on a standard system, it is set up to run at a fraction of the FSB which is typically at 100 MHz, or, on some of the newer PIII and T-Bird/Duron Systems, at 133 MHz. The Linux setup looks at the PCI bus for the number you quoted above. Adam
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